Live updates: Queen Elizabeth II dies, Charles becomes king

A paramilitary police officer guards the entrance to the British Embassy where the national flag is flown at half-mast in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability in a turbulent era for her country and the world, died Thursday, Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)