The Royals have issued a heartfelt tribute to the late Queen on the second anniversary of her death
Today marks the second anniversary of the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her family have marked the sad milestone with an emotional post on social media
The royal family has paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II on the second anniversary of her death.
The monarchy’s official social media account posted a photograph on X of the late Queen, in a pink hat and matching outfit, smiling at a summer Buckingham Palace garden party in 2019, alongside the words: “Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022.”
It was on this day exactly two years ago that Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 after seeing out her final day at her beloved Balmoral home in the Scottish Highlands. Her death saw King Charles take to the throne after being primed for most of his life to fulfil the top job.
Much has changed in the year since the Royal Family marked the first anniversary of her death last year. Both Charles and Kate have received cancer diagnoses with both have treatment that had kept them away from public facing duties. It saw Queen Camilla have to lead the Firm at several events earlier this year as heir to the throne Prince William focused on looking after his wife and three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022. pic.twitter.com/u7XK6T8MMG
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2024
The late Queen symbolised the stability of the nation, and most people had known no other monarch on the British throne. At her side for 73 years was Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, her outspoken consort, with whom she fell in love as a teenager when he was a naval cadet, and who died at the age of 99 in 2021.
Before her death, she had struggled with her mobility for some time, and at her Jubilee celebrations three months earlier in June 2022, she secretly used a wheelchair behind the scenes to make it onto the Palace balcony.
On September 7, 2022, royal doctors ordered her to rest and postpone her Privy Council meeting. Then rumours regarding her health began to circulate early on the morning of September 8, and hours later at 12.32pm the Palace released a concerning statement.
The Princess Royal was already at the late Queen’s bedside and the then-Prince of Wales, Charles, had flown from Dumfries House to be with her that morning after being alerted about her condition, while the then-Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, travelled by road from Birkhall.
The monarch’s other children, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – along with William and the now Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie – made the urgent dash to Scotland on a Royal Air Force flight to say their final farewells. Prince Harry, who was in London for a WellChild event, flew alone, separately from the rest of the royals, after being asked by Charles not to bring Meghan.
But in the end they were all too late. The late Queen died at 3.10pm, her death certificate later revealed, with the cause listed as "old age". News of the monarch’s demise and the accession of Charles as King was announced to the world by Buckingham Palace just over three hours later at 6.30pm that evening.
Over the next 11 days, the London Bridge plans in the event of the sovereign’s death were meticulously put into place. Queen Elizabeth II was honoured with processions, vigils, a lying in state, a grand state funeral in Westminster Abbey and a poignant committal service in Windsor. She is buried alongside her husband, her parents and her sister Princess Margaret’s ashes in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
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