Sunday,
March 31, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Britain’s Queen Mother passes away
Queen Elizabeth the
Queen Mother is seen here in a photo taken in 1948.
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London, March 30
The Queen Mother, the 101-year-old mother of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, died at 1515 GMT (2045 IST) today, Buckingham Palace said. The Queen Mother, the widow of King George VI and a rock of support behind her eldest daughter Queen Elizabeth, died “peacefully in her sleep” after a period of declining health. Her death adds personal tragedy to a succession of domestic traumas suffered by the royal family in recent years, most recently the death on February 9 of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret at the age of 71. The Queen Mother’s coffin is expected to be moved to the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park tomorrow morning, said a Place spokesman.
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