FT News Briefing

Britain in mourning

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The FT’s Miranda Green examines this moment, and what King Charles III’s assumption to the throne will mean for the royal family.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e4c9df38-7b92-4a81-9cd6-1f93dfc749ea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5831706b-d960-4a7b-917d-38bb3c2941ab" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Queen's jubilee: How Britain has changed since 1952</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7927eae8-a564-4c33-8f1b-ca4c869d4379" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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