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. 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 Ju.