03/30/2002 AD died
Elizabeth died in her sleep at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, with her surviving daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, at her bedside.
She had been suffering from a cold for the previous four months.
At 101 years and 238 days old she was the longest-lived member of the royal family in British history.
In London, more than a million people filled the area outside Westminster Abbey and along the 23-mile (37 km) route from central London to Elizabeth's final resting place beside her husband and younger daughter in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
At her request, after her funeral the wreath that had lain atop her coffin was placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, in a gesture that echoed her wedding-day tribute 79 years before.
Lattitude: 51.4791° N
Longitude: 0.6095° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) Queen consort of t...
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