Editing Balmoral Castle (section)

===Death of Queen Elizabeth II===
Queen [[Elizabeth II]] had been at the castle since July 2022 for her annual summer holiday and had been receiving medical care there.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Tony |last2=Brady |first2=Jon |title=Queen arrives in Scotland for annual summer holiday at Balmoral |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/queen-arrives-scotland-annual-summer-27545898 |publisher=Daily Record |access-date=9 September 2022 |date=21 July 2022}}</ref> In a break with tradition, Balmoral Castle, rather than [[Buckingham Palace]], was the location of the appointment of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Liz Truss]] on 6 September 2022, due to concerns regarding the Queen's mobility issues.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Andersson, Jasmine |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62728328 |title=Queen to appoint new prime minister at Balmoral |work=BBC News |date=30 August 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Walker, Peter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/31/new-pm-will-meet-queen-at-balmoral-before-taking-over-at-no-10 |title=New PM will meet Queen at Balmoral before taking over at No 10 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Foster, Max |author2=Said-Moorhouse, Lauren |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/uk/queen-elizabeth-prime-minister-balmoral-intl-gbr/index.html |title=Queen won't return to London to appoint new British PM, for first time in her reign |work=CNN |date=31 August 2022}}</ref> [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|Elizabeth died at Balmoral]] at 15:10 [[British Summer Time|BST]] on 8 September 2022 at the age of 96. She was the first monarch to die at Balmoral, and this was the first time a monarch had died in Scotland since [[James V of Scotland|James V]] died in 1542 at [[Falkland Palace]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefocus.news/culture/queen-elizabeth-ii-is-the-first-british-monarch-to-die-in-scotland-since-james-v-in-1542/|title=Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to die in Scotland since James V in 1542|work=The Focus|first=Ashley|last=Bautista|date=12 September 2022 |accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> The Queen's coffin lay in repose in the ballroom of the castle for three days, to allow the Royal Family, estate staff and neighbours to pay their respects. On 11 September, the coffin was transported to the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]] in [[Edinburgh]] for the start of the state funeral proceedings.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Davies, Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-britains-longest-reigning-monarch-dies-aged-96 |title=Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96 |work=The Guardian |date=8 September 2022 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Castle |first=Stephen |date=11 September 2022 |title=Crowds lined the route from Balmoral to bid farewell to their queen. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/queen-elizabeth-coffin-balmoral.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>