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If Only This Moment Would Last, (detail), 1998, oil on board by Simeon Banner (b.1972), © Royal College of Art, photo credit: Royal College of Art

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Elizabeth II (1926–2022). 2016–2018, bronze & Portland stone sculpture by Douglas Jennings (b.1966) and HVH Art Foundry. the copyright holder. Photo credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Elizabeth II (1926–2022)
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Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022

We are deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II, our monarch for the last 70 years and the most remarkable woman.

© National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

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Framed print of 'A Vase of Pink Roses'. oil on canvas by Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935). Photo credit: The Fleming Collection

Framed print of 'A Vase of Pink Roses'
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Self Portrait. 1925, oil on board by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976). © The Lowry Collection, Salford. Photo credit: The Lowry Collection, Salford

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