Her Majesty The Queen

It is with great sadness that we join with the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty The Queen, 21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022.

Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 96, after 70 years on the throne.

The Queen was a champion of British construction, opening many significant new buildings and infrastructure projects.

One of the most recent was her namesake Elizabeth Line in London. This was opened by the Monarch in May this year in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee.

The Queen opened the central passenger terminal at London Airport in 1955 including the Queens Building.

"We may say with pride that [the airport] ranks among the foremost in the world," she said at the opening.

In 1962 she attended the consecration of a modern cathedral in Coventry. It was designed by Basil Spence to replace the previous 14th-century cathedral, which was destroyed during World War Two.

The Museum of London was opened by The Queen in 1976, and is the largest urban history collection in the world.

Described by the Queen as "one of the wonders of the modern world", the Barbican Centre was the largest arts centre in western Europe when it opened in 1982.

The Millennium Bridge was opened by her Royal Highness in 2002. It has a distinctive shape formed of two connected arches that rotate to allow boats to pass.

The bridge won the Sirling Prize, the most significant award in UK architecture, in October that year.

The funeral for the Queen will be on Monday 19th September, which marks a national day of mourning.

Rail and postal strikes have been suspended as a mark of respect.