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The American flag is lowered to half-staff over the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

America’s leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as a warm, steady leader

By Joseph Clark and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Queen Elizabeth II stands on the balcony during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The queen will skip the Braemar Gathering, a popular Highland Games event, as she struggles with issues getting around. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Queen Elizabeth II passes on attending traditional Highland Games event

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Tonga High Commissioner to the UK, Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tu'ivakano holds a portrait of her great grandmother Queen Salote Tupou III, during an interview with the Associated Press at the High Commission in London, Monday, May 30, 2022. As well as celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Tu’ivakano will also remember her great- grandmother Queen Salote Tupou III, who endeared herself to Britons as she rode through the streets of London in an open carriage during Elizabeth’s coronation parade in 1953. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee evokes legacy of Tongan monarch

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A man waves a British union flag and a flag bearing the image of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9, 2020. After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain’s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an imperial past whose damage still lingers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

In Commonwealth, queen’s jubilee draws protests and apathy

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles while receiving the President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis and his wife Paola Cassis during an audience at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Britain is getting ready for a party featuring mounted troops, solemn prayers — and a pack of dancing mechanical corgis. The nation will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne this week with four days of pomp and pageantry in central London. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.K. to hold days-long bash to celebrate queen’s 70-year reign

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she attends at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Windsor, England, Friday May 13, 2022. The Queen's appearance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show came a few days after she delegated the opening of Parliament to Prince Charles. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

Queen attends horse show in first public appearance in weeks

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an audience at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Monday March 7, 2022. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP)

Queen to miss Commonwealth Day service but keep other events

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an audience at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Monday March 7, 2022. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP)

Queen hosts Trudeau in 1st in-person engagement since COVID

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Queen Elizabeth II speaks during an audience at Windsor Castle where she met the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Steve Parsons, Pool via AP, File)

Queen Elizabeth II still has mild COVID-19 symptoms, cancels online meetings

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In this undated photo issued on Thursday Dec. 23, 2021, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. The photograph at left shows The Queen and Prince Philip taken in 2007 at Broadlands to mark their Diamond wedding anniversary. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP)

Queen recalls ‘familiar laugh missing’ in Christmas speech

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

In this undated photo issued on Thursday Dec. 23, 2021, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. The photograph at left shows The Queen and Prince Philip taken in 2007 at Broadlands to mark their Diamond wedding anniversary. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP)

U.K. Queen’s Christmas speech set to be particularly personal

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets members of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2021. Queen Elizabeth II has decided not to gather the royal family for Christmas at the royal Sandringham estate in eastern England, amid concerns about the fast-spreading omicron variant. he royal palace said Monday, Dec, 20, 2021 that the 95-year-old queen will spend the holidays at Windsor Castle, west of London, where she has spent most of her time during the pandemic. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP, File)

Queen Elizabeth II to skip Christmas trip amid omicron surge

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FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey in London, Oct. 12, 2021. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has sprained her back and will not attend the Remembrance Sunday service in central London to remember Britain’s war dead, Buckingham Palace said Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Queen sprains back, misses Remembrance Sunday service

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey in London. Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors’ advice to cut back on her busy schedule, Buckingham Palace said Friday Oct. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for 2 weeks

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Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience at Buckingham Palace, London, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP)

Queen Elizabeth II won’t attend climate conference in person

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital after being advised by her doctor to rest. The palace says the 95-year-old British monarch went to hospital for &quot;preliminary investigations.&quot; It said she returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime on Thursday, &quot;and remains in good spirits.&quot; (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

Queen spent night in hospital for observation, Buckingham Palace says

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

Queen Elizabeth accepts medical advice to rest, cancels Northern Ireland trip

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President Joe Biden listens while attending the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s Europe trip a bumbling, stumbling and blundering embarrassment

By Joseph Curl

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden during a visit to Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. The queen hosted President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle, her royal residence near London. Biden flew to London after wrapping up his participation in a three-day summit of leaders of the world's wealthy democracies in Cornwall, in southwestern England. (Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP)

Biden describes Queen Elizabeth II as ‘very gracious’ after tea at Windsor Castle

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times