Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-serving head of state who led her subjects for more than seven decades, has died at the age of 96. Her extraordinary reign, which began in 1952, spanned over a dozen British prime ministers and U.S. presidents. She inherited the throne of a country almost broken by the legacy of war, and remained upon it through a time of epochal change both for the U.K. and the world. Yet she remained a stoic, almost timeless figure in the public’s eye, carrying out her royal duties both large and small even when her private life was in turmoil, and despite the inconvenience of advancing age. Read more about Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary life and legacy at the link in our bio. Photograph by picture-alliance/dpa/@apnews