Queen Elizabeth II of England has died at Balmoral Castle, aged 96. The Queen's doctors had shown on Thursday her "deep concern» due to the monarch's state of health and had recommended her rest at Balmoral, her residence in Scotland. Her four children were already with her at the time of her death. Elizabeth II, during her extensive 70-year reign, He showed his curiosity about blockchain in 2020 and, in 2022, he also referred to cryptocurrencies and their regulation.
Queen Elizabeth II and the blockchain
Despite being the world's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II showed her interest in blockchain in 2020, when she wrote a letter of thanks to the president of the British Blockchain Association, thanking him for sending her a copy of the sixth edition of the publication. In her letter, the Queen had expressed her interest in new decentralized technology and open source applications.
The letter, which was published by The Financial Times, It sparked the interest of the community that immediately He started asking how many Bitcoin the queen had. in your possession.
Later, in the Queen's annual address to all residents of the United Kingdom (and which this year was read by Prince Charles), the monarch noted that one of the British government's goals for 2022 should be to establish a series of regulatory objectives for Cryptocurrency and blockchain sector, referring to the bill of Digital Markets.
On cryptocurrencies, Elizabeth II noted that: "A bill will be presented to further strengthen powers to tackle illicit finance, reduce economic crime and help businesses grow. Measures will be introduced to support security services and help them protect the UK.
'London Bridge is down' protocol
Just a few minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, British Prime Minister Liz Truss received a phone call informing her that "London Bridge has fallen," at which point "Operation London Bridge" was activated, the protocol for carrying out the monarch's burial and the succession to the throne.
Once Truss received the call, the Foreign Office's Global Response Centre would inform the governors general of the 15 nations which shared with the United Kingdom the monarch as sovereign, as well as the 36 countries that make up the Commonwealth, about the death. Only then could the general population be informed.
The news would then be sent to the Press Association and the television would pause with a swan curtain, dancers or an artistic production before connecting to BBC1 to report the news as a whole. Only then would official bodies be able to post about the event on social media.
Buckingham Palace's website now has a black background confirming the sovereign's death.
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