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Rachelle Abbott and Mark Blunden

The Leader podcast: Nation mourns Queen and King arrives

The Queen was tending roses when she spoke to American tourists (Adrian Dennis/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

The United Kingdom woke on Friday to absorb news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, after the 96-year-old monarch died peacefully at Balmoral.

Mourners from around the world, in their thousands, are gathering at Buckingham Palace, Windsor and Sandringham House in an outpouring of public emotion.

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