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UK PM Truss mourns 'second Elizabethan age' after queen's death

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="POOL/AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/09/08/20220909-queen-elizabeth-death-afp-2.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on September 6, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II and new Conservative Party leader and Britain&#x27;s Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss meet at Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, where the Queen invited Truss to form a Government. Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on September 8, 2022. Jane Barlow, POOL/AFP</figcaption></figure></div>UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, only two days into the job, addressed the nation Thursday from the steps of 10 Downing Street shortly after news of Queen Elizabeth II&#x27;s death was announced.Here is her statement in full:&quot;We are all devastated by the news we have just heard from Balmoral.&quot;The death of Her Majesty the Queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world.&quot;Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built.&quot;Our country has grown and flourished under her reign.&quot;Britain is the great country it is today because of her.&quot;She ascended the throne just after the Second World War.&quot;She championed the development of the Commonwealth – from a small group of seven countries to a family of 56 nations spanning every continent of the world.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/09/22/new-king-charles-calls-late-queen-a-cherished-sovereign">New King Charles calls late queen &#x27;a cherished Sovereign&#x27;</a></li></ul>&quot;We are now a modern, thriving, dynamic nation.&quot;Through thick and thin, Queen Elizabeth II provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed.&quot;She was the very spirit of Great Britain – and that spirit will endure.&quot;She has been our longest-ever reigning monarch.&quot;It is an extraordinary achievement to have presided with such dignity and grace for 70 years.&quot;Her life of service stretched beyond most of our living memories.&quot;In return, she was loved and admired by the people in the United Kingdom and all around the world.&quot;She has been a personal inspiration to me and to many Britons. Her devotion to duty is an example to us all.&quot;Earlier this week, at 96, she remained determined to carry out her duties as she appointed me as her 15th prime minister.&quot;Throughout her life she has visited more than 100 countries and she has touched the lives of millions around the world.&quot;In the difficult days ahead, we will come together with our friends – across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the world – to celebrate her extraordinary lifetime of service.&quot;It is a day of great loss, but Queen Elizabeth II leaves a great legacy.&quot;Today the Crown passes – as it is has done for more than a thousand years – to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King Charles III.&quot;With the King&#x27;s family, we mourn the loss of his mother.&quot;And as we mourn, we must come together as a people to support him.&quot;To help him bear the awesome responsibility that he now carries for us all.&quot;We offer him our loyalty and devotion just as his mother devoted so much to so many for so long.&quot;And with the passing of the second Elizabethan age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country – exactly as Her Majesty would have wished – by saying the words: God save the King.&quot;

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, only two days into the job, addressed the nation Thursday shortly after news of Queen Elizabeth II's death was announced.