New king mourns passing of ‘cherished sovereign and much-loved mother’ after Queen dies aged 96; US president Joe Biden says she ‘defined an era’
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The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, said the Queen’s death was a “terrible loss for us all”, adding: “We will miss her beyond measure.”
He said: “For all of us, the Queen has been a constant presence in our lives – as familiar as a member of the family, yet one who has exercised a calm and steadying influence over our country. Most of us have never known a time when she was not there.