当地时间9月8日下午,英国女王伊丽莎白二世在巴尔莫勒尔堡安详去世,享年96岁。从温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士到利兹·特拉斯,女王在位期间见证了15位英国首相。2015年,她成为历史上在位时间最长的英国君主,打破了她的曾曾祖母维多利亚女王创下的纪录。
Narrator: Queen Elizabeth II had an unparalleled reign, the effect of which has been felt across the world.
In her record-breaking seven decades on the throne, she witnessed the end of the British Empire and welcomed radical societal shifts.
She was the first person in the UK to make a long-distance phone call without an operator, the first monarch in the world to send an email, and one of the first to tweet.
Catherine Nixey: The Queen's reign was monumental in absolutely every sense.
It was peppered with superlatives.
She was the longest-reigning British monarch.
Her head appeared on more coins than any other living monarch.
She was herself like a monument, unchanging.
Narrator: Through it all, Britons' satisfaction with the Queen averaged close to 80%.
Here's the story of her remarkable reign, in numbers.
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