The Queen Mother diesThe Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep today with the Queen at her bedside.She passed away at 3.15pm at Royal Lodge, her Windsor residence, Buckingham Palace announced.Her death came six weeks after her last public appearance when she attended the funeral of her daughter Princess Margaret.She had outlived her husband King GeorgeVI by 50 years and had become a much-loved national institution.Weakened by a recent bad cough and chest infection, the Queen Mother's condition deteriorated this morning and her doctors were called.Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen, withthe greatest sadness, has asked for the following announcement to be made immediately: her beloved mother, Queen Elizabeth, died peacefully in her sleep this afternoon at Royal Lodge, Windsor."The palace spokesman continued: "Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother had become increasingly frail in recent weeks following her bad cough and chest infection over Christmas."Her condition deteriorated this morning and her doctors were called."Queen Elizabeth died peacefully in her sleep at 3.15 this afternoon at Royal Lodge."The Queen was at her mother's bedside."The Queen Mother's coffin is expected to be taken to the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park tomorrow morning.Before the funeral - details of which will be finalised tomorrow - the nation will be able to pay homage to her when she lies in state in the medieval setting of Westminster Hall.The Prince of Wales was told of the death of his beloved grandmother while skiing in the Swiss resort of Klosters.The prince and his sons William and Harry were "completely devastated".Charles was the first to be told after returning from the slopes at Klosters to hishotel at 4.30pm. When William and Harry returned they were told by their father, whoushered them into his bedroom at the Walserhof.Charles and his sons will fly back to Britaintomorrow, when royal advisers will meet tofinalise details of the Westminster Abbey service.Tony Blair tonight led the tributes to the Queen Mother, saying she had been a symbol of Britain's "decency and courage".The Prime Minister said that the entire nation would join with the Queen and the Royal Family in mourning her death.Mr Blair continued: "She was part of the fabric of our nation and we were immensely proud of her."Along with her husband, King George VI, she was also a symbol of our country's decency and courage."Her bravery when she refused point blank to leave London and her husband's side during the Blitz epitomised both her own indomitable spirit and the spirit of the nation in its darkest hours."Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith described the Queen Mother as a"truly remarkable lady".He expressed his sympathy to the Queen and the Royal Family."Their grief is shared by millions - not just here - but throughout the world," he said.Within minutes of the announcement of the Queen Mother's death today, tributes began pouring in.Lord St John of Fawsley, a close friend of the Queen Mother for many years, said:"With the passing of the Queen Mother we have lost our most treasured national person. She was not merely an historical figure. She was history."Ordinary people also paid tribute with crowds gathering outside various royal residences.At Buckingham Palace, a notice on the gate announced the news.At Windsor Castle, scores of people gathered to pay their respects.As darkness fell, people outside her official London residence Clarence House recalled the Queen Mother's resilience during the war.Floris Margaret Astley, 57, of Camden, north London, said: "When Buckingham Palace got bombed during the war, the Queen Mother said 'good - at least I can look the East End in the eye'."People in London have never forgotten that. From that moment on she has been one of their own."Patricia Mumford, 49, of Bolton, who was in London with her son Simon, 15, for an Easter break, said: "I heard the news on television in my hotel room and decided tocome down here to pay my respects."Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon in London on August 4 1900, was to etch her name on the hearts of the nation as the longest-lived and well-loved Royal.The fourth daughter and ninth child of Lord and Lady Glamis, she met her future husband at a dance in May 1920.They married at Westminster Abbey in April 1923, and had two children - Elizabeth, now the Queen, and Princess Margaret.When her husband was crowned King George VI on December 12 1936, after the abdication crisis of King Edward VIII, she became the first British-born Queen Consort since Tudor times.Widowed on February 6 1952, she chose tobe called Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother when her elder daughter became Queen Elizabeth II.The Queen Mother spent three months in mourning, after which she embarked on a life of public duty, characterised by a graceand energy that made her a favourite with the British public.Over the next 50 years she won a special place in the public's affection and continued with her royal duties well into her second century.But over the past few months she had struggled to overcome a persistent cold.The Queen Mother's last public engagement had been on November 22 when she re-commissioned the aircraft carrier Ark Royal at a ceremony in Portsmouth, Hampshire.But despite her illness she flew by helicopter from Sandringham to Windsor to attend the funeral of Princess Margaret who died on February 9 after suffering a stroke.The seemingly indomitable Royal matriarch was determined to be at the funeral but looked pale and drawn behind a black veil.

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RIP Queen mother

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my brother........For at least 12 days — between her passing, the funeral and beyond — Britain will grind to a halt. It'll cost the British economy billions in lost earnings. The stock markets and banks will close for an indefinite period. And both the funeral and the subsequent coronation will become formal national holidays,
each with an estimated economic hit to GDP of between £1.2 and £6 billion , to say nothing of organisational costs.

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Rip to the Queen. Nigeria will celebrate her death too

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jamesharryson:
Rip to the Queen. Nigeria will celebrate her death too

Do u know the meaning of Queen mother? My friend the Queen herself is not dead, it is her mother that died!

lol... please tell them oooo...
Do u know the meaning of Queen mother? My friend the Queen herself is not dead, it is her mother that died![/quote]

RIP to the Queen

This same queen mother has died twice this year...
Seems she is now dead for real.
RIP to the queen mother..

Too long mehn..

Fake news

...and I've been watching cnn all evening, both old news and breaking news, how come no such news as this was reported? Bloggers, pls fear God even if you dont fear humans. Just as I saw another thread a while ago by another mad man, saying that John Cena died by car accident yesterday. Y'all better stop this rubbish!

Rhozabeth:

Do u know the meaning of Queen mother? My friend the Queen herself is not dead, it is her mother that died!

My friend... Do u really know the meaning of Nigeria? Check in the dictionary, Nigeria means a country that goes about looking for a way to gain favour from other countries without minding what wrong it will do to their country. So can u now get the reason why I called the name, Nigeria?

well she has really lived ,she can now rest in perfect peace from the bustle and hustles of this life.

Oh my!
You can lie like this?

Oya look at this building below, buy it and be redeemed:

No queen or queen mother is dead pls. Check ur story again Oga blogger.

Lol gullible people everywhere first of all this is 2002 news and its not queen Elizabeth it's her mother... Blogger well done

Wrong title accurate article the queen mother is dead but the queen is still alive. Na today I know many people here are ignorant.

Op u are an assssssswippppe.. the queen mother died since 2002.... This is 2016......


Rubbish

are u sure

Modified, its the queen mother before una chop person raw. Check the source if you think its all a fuss. Lol dats a gud rhyme, mehn i gud die