"The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and return to London tomorrow”. Those are the only two sentences used by Buckingham Palace at 6:30 p.m on Thursday 8 September to announce to death of the Queen Elizabeth II. She was the longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom and for most people, she has been the only British queen that they can ever remember. For most of her compatriotes, she was the bedrock that everyone thought would be there forever, a persistent presence, a anchor of stability, the symbole of the country and the last great British institution. In our article we talk about the reactions to the death and the quite extraordinary organisation for the event the is called with code name London Bridge: Queen Elizabeth II funeral: an extraordinary organisation Please share with us how you reacted to the death of the British sovereign.