Queen Elizabeth dies: key moments from a dramatic day

First public sign that major event was afoot came when Liz Truss was briefed in the Commons during a debate

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A timeline of key moments on 8 September, the day Queen Elizabeth II died.

12pm: The first public sign that a major event was afoot came when Nadhim Zahawi, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, came into the House of Commons chamber shorty after noon and began briefing Liz Truss, the prime minister, as she sat listening to the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, respond to her statement on energy plans.