Somerset MPs pay tribute to HRH Queen Elizabeth II
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96
It is with extreme sadness that we announce that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96.
The Royal Family twitter account confirmed the news saying she died peacefully this afternoon at Balmoral.
Officials then brought a notice confirming the Queen’s death to the gates of Buckingham Palace.
MPs from across Somerset have been paying tribute to Her Majesty and her life-long service to the country.
Bridgwater and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger was among those paying tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth tonight.
“She was a stabilizing influence and a comforting presence in times of difficulty, such as the recent pandemic, and her dedication, service and duty to our country and its people is beyond measure” he said.
Mr Liddell-Grainger said the Queen’s death had left him ‘deeply saddened’.
“The vast majority of us in this country have only ever known Queen Elizabeth II as our monarch and for many today it will feel as if they have lost a member of their own family,” he said.
“She leaves so great a legacy and has recorded so many achievements that it is impossible to even begin to list them. But I am sure that many of us will have our own memories from 70 years of a glorious Elizabethan age as we mourn this great loss to our country.
“I send my own heartfelt condolences, and those of my constituents, to His Majesty King Charles III and all her family on this saddest of losses.”