Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and you're looking live at the scene outside a Windsor

Castle, or you were a second ago, there it is, where crowds are paying their respects,

that's Buckingham Palace rather, paying their respect to Queen Elizabeth II.

She died today at the age of 96, after more than 70 years, 70 years on the throne.

The Royal Family says the Queen died peacefully earlier today.

The Belmoral Castle, that's in Scotland, the crowds, are growing outside of Buckingham

Palace on this rainy evening in London.

Prince Harry, we're told, has arrived at the last hour at Belmoral in Scotland joining

his father.

Now King Charles III, formerly Prince Charles, Harry's brother Prince William, is also there.

The Queen's other children, other family members.

We expect King Charles III to address the British people and the world, indeed, in a speech

tomorrow.

Tonight, he is released a statement honoring the life of his mother, which reads in

part, quote, we mourn profoundly.

The passing of a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother, I know her loss will be

deeply felt throughout the country, the realms, and the Commonwealth, and by countless

people around the world, as Queen Elizabeth was last seen in photographs, released on Tuesday

there she is welcoming the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, the Queen, did not travel

to London for the ceremony, as is customary, instead she performed her duties at her castle

in Scotland.

Queen Elizabeth was the longest ruling monarch in British history, earlier this year.

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