One man that might be watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the world’s most influential personalities of the 21st century, who died on Thursday, is Russian President, Vladmir Putin, as Moscow says joining other world leaders in London, in what would also be seen as one of the biggest events of the century, was not being considered.
The longest British monarch, who was 96 years and 70 years on the throne, died peacefully at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands in the afternoon marking the end of an era in the United Kingdom, a development, which has since reverberated across the world, with global leaders, joining Buckingham Palace, one the most prestigious monarchies around the world as well as Britons home and abroad in mourning, after her death was announced on Thursday evening.
Her first son, Charles, who was handling some of the functions delegated to him by the late mother, has since assumed full authority of the crown and would now bear the new title King Charles III, according to the new succession rule which sees the first child taking over the throne at any time it becomes vacant.
