AS Australians woke up to the news on Friday morning that Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at her home in Balmoral, Scotland, locals who had the opportunity to be in Her Majesty’s presence began sharing their memories of the longest-serving monarch in British history.

The BBC reported Her Majesty’s death and said she died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer, after reigning for 70 years.