Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96.
She sat on the British throne for 70 years having succeeded her father King George VI in 1952 aged just 25.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh admire a hurley during a tour of Croke Park, Dublin, during the second day of her State Visit to Ireland.Queen Elizabeth was the longest-serving British Monarch.
Her reign spanned 15 British Prime Ministers and seven Popes, and 13 different Taoisigh in Ireland.
Queen Elizabeth ll, accompanied by Irish Prime Minister Mary McAleese and GAA President Christy Cooney, visits Croke Park Stadium on the second day of a historical State Visit to Ireland on May 18, 2011.She visited Ireland in May 2011, the first time a ruling monarch had set foot in the Republic.
