Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022), the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96 on 8th September 2022, after reigning for 70 years.
Elizabeth became Queen aged 26, while in Kenya, during her stay at Treetops – one of the country's first game lodges – the night before her father the King's unexpected death on 6 February 1952. She was in the company of her 25-year-old young husband, Prince Philip.
Treetops Hotel was a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. Despite its royal connections and reputation as Kenya's oldest safari lodge, Treetops has been forced to close alongside two other historic hotels in the park due to the lingering effects of the pandemic on the country's tourism sector.
She was Queen of the United Kingdom and of 14 other sovereign countries from 6 February 1952 until her death. Her reign of 70 years and seven months is the longest of any British monarch.
RIP ~Jeremy BigBrother
