More Leaders Send Tribute as UK Declares Period of National Mourning Following Death of Queen Elizabeth II

Raindrops are seen on a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II left at the gates of Buckingham Palace by a mourner in London on Sept. 9, 2022. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo

Messages of condolences continued to pour in on Friday as a period of national mourning began in the UK following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The 96-year-old monarch, whose reign lasted for seven decades, “died peacefully” on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish residence Balmoral.