World pays tribute as Queen Elizabeth II dies

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/09/08/20220908-queen-elizabeth-ii-epa-efe-3.jpg"/><figcaption>A portrait of Britain&#x27;s Queen Elizabeth II hangs outside the British embassy in Paris, September 8, 2022. <em>Teresa Suarez, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PARIS <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>—World leaders paid homage to Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, after she died aged 96 in her Scottish summer residence following nearly a year of ailing health.</p><p>Here are some of the tributes to Britain&#x27;s longest-serving monarch, who is also head of state in 14 Commonwealth countries around the world:</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Grace, dignity, and dedication&#x27; -</strong></div><p>At the United Nations, the Security Council honored her passing Thursday with a minute of silence.</p><p>Queen Elizabeth had been &quot;widely admired for her grace, dignity and dedication around the world. She was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change,&quot; UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/09/22/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-at-96">Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2221270" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>- &#x27;Constant presence in our lives&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Elizabeth, who was head of state of Canada, will &quot;forever remain an important part&quot; of the country&#x27;s history.</p><p>&quot;She was a constant presence in our lives -- and her service to Canadians will forever remain an important part of our country&#x27;s history,&quot; he said.</p><p>In another key member of the British Commonwealth, Australia&#x27;s Prime Minster Anthony Albanese -- an avowed republican -- paid tribute to her &quot;timeless decency&quot; and said her death marked the &quot;end of an era.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Australian hearts go out to the people of the United Kingdom,&quot; Albanese said. &quot;An historic reign and a long life devoted to duty, family, faith and service has come to an end.&quot;</p><p>The smallest members of the Commonwealth also paid their respects. </p><p>David Burt, premier of the tiny island of Bermuda, which is still a British overseas territory, hailed her &quot;life of undimmed duty,&quot; adding that she was also &quot;a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and her family is now mourning that loss.&quot;</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Unmatched dignity and constancy &#x27; -</strong></div><p>US President Joe Biden called her the first British monarch to make a personal connection with people around the world, as he ordered flags at the White House and government buildings flown at half-staff in her honor.</p><p>&quot;Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>- The pope prays -</strong></div><p>In the Vatican, Pope Francis said he was &quot;deeply saddened&quot; by her death and would pray for the late queen as well as her son, the new King Charles III.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Elizabeth the Steadfast&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Leaders of the European Union expressed regret at the death of the queen, who was head of state throughout Britain&#x27;s entire EU membership and eventual departure.</p><p>&quot;Once called &#x27;Elizabeth the Steadfast&#x27;, she never failed to show us the importance of lasting values in a modern world with her service and commitment,&quot; said EU council president Charles Michel.</p><div><strong>- Fellow monarchs -</strong></div><p>Philippe, King of the Belgians and who has a close family link to the British aristocracy, hailed the queen as &quot;an extraordinary personality.&quot; </p><p>&quot;The United Kingdom has lost an exceptional monarch who left a deep mark on history,&quot; the Belgian palace said in a statement.</p><p>King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Queen Maxima and Princess Beatrix called her &quot;steadfast and wise.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We feel a strong bond with the United Kingdom and its royal family, and we share their sorrow at this time. We are very grateful for our countries&#x27; close friendship, to which Queen Elizabeth made such an unforgettable contribution,&quot; they said.</p><p>King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden called her &quot;a good friend of my family and a link to our common family history.&quot;</p><p>While Spanish King Felipe VI said she &quot;wrote the most relevant chapters of history.&quot;</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Remarkable friend&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Ireland&#x27;s President Michael Higgins called Queen Elizabeth II &quot;a remarkable friend&quot; who had &quot;great impact on the bonds of mutual understanding between our two peoples&quot;.</p><p>&quot;As we offer our condolences to all our neighbors in the United Kingdom, following the loss of a remarkable friend of Ireland, we remember the role Queen Elizabeth played in celebrating the warm and enduring friendship&quot; between both countries, he said.</p><p>Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, who supports independence for Scotland from the rest of Britain, called her death &quot;a profoundly sad moment for the UK, the Commonwealth and the world.&quot; </p><p>&quot;On behalf of the people of Scotland, I convey my deepest condolences to The King and the Royal Family,&quot; Sturgeon said.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Inspiring leadership&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Accolades also poured in from South Asia, where Britain was the colonial power up until just before Elizabeth&#x27;s reign began.</p><p>India&#x27;s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was &quot;pained&quot; by her death.</p><p>Queen Elizabeth &quot;provided inspiring leadership to her nation and people&quot;, Modi tweeted, adding she &quot;personified dignity and decency in public life&quot;.</p><p>In Pakistan, President Arif Alvi hailed Queen Elizabeth as a &quot;great and beneficent ruler.&quot;</p><p>She &quot;would be remembered in golden words in the annals of world history,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Marked her century&#x27; -</strong></div><p>French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the queen as &quot;a friend of France... who marked her country and her century as never before&quot;.</p><p>&quot;Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II embodied continuity and unity in the British nation for more than 70 years,&quot; the French leader tweeted.</p><p>Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said she &quot;guaranteed stability in moments of crisis and kept alive the value of tradition in a society in constant and profound evolution.&quot;</p>

The White House expressed its deep sympathies, noting she was the leader of one of the United States' strongest allies.

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World pays tribute as Queen Elizabeth II dies

World pays tribute as Queen Elizabeth II dies

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Published Sep 09, 2022 02:41 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 09, 2022 07:32 AM PHT

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