(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 04, 2014 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) seated on the Throne in the House of Lords next to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R) prepares to deliver the Queen's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on June 4, 2014. - Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on September 8, 2022. (Photo by CARL COURT / POOL / AFP)