2022: Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral, aged 96. Every broadcaster and every front page switched to a plan that had been written and rehearsed for decades, and it still reached most people through a phone.

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2022: Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral, aged 96. Every broadcaster and every front page switched to a plan that had been written and rehearsed for decades, and it still reached most people through a phone.

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Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral, aged 96. Every broadcaster and every front page switched to a plan that had been written and rehearsed for decades, and it still reached most people through a phone.

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