The U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II, a unique symbol of national continuity in an age of polarization and economic turmoil, has died at her stately home in Balmoral, Scotland, aged 96.
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Queen Elizabeth II opens a plant sciences laboratory at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden in 2011. © Reuters
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