Personnel place a sign announcing the death of Queen Elizabeth on a fence outside Buckingham Palace, in London, after her death at age 96 on Thursday. (Henry Nicholls/Reuters - image credit)Queen Elizabeth, Canada's head of state and the longest-reigning British monarch, has died. Throughout her reign, Elizabeth had a weekly audience with the British prime minister. As much as Queen Elizabeth kept her distance from politics, there were times she let her views be known — or appeared to. For example, she favoured sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s, former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney has said.

Source: CBC News September 08, 2022 20:59 UTC