British Muslims reflect on late Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s monarchy

The death of the country's longest-reigning sovereign has elicited widespread interest but mixed reactions from the population [File: Joe Klamar/AFP]

The most intimate encounter that Junayd ul Islam had with the British royal family was when the late Queen Elizabeth II visited the hospital where he had just been born.

“I am often reminded of this by my mother,” Junayd, who is now an undergraduate student in Natural Sciences at University College London, told Al Jazeera.