How the world reported on the Queen’s death

German broadcaster DW said that the Queen was “particularly partial to Germany and visited it more often than almost any other country”. It said that the monarch was “marvelled at, criticised, occasionally mocked, but always respected”.

According to The Irish Times, the monarch’s death is an “earthquake” for Northern Ireland’s unionists, a century on from the formation of the province.

“To lose her just as a humiliating centenary year is limping to its end, with the last UK prime minister ostentatiously disregarding them, and Irish nationalists and republicans getting more confident by the day, is just a disaster.”

‘But never Israel’

“Britain prepares for a new era after the Queen’s death,” said The New York Times, recalling that she was “unshakably committed to the rituals of her role amid epic social and economic change and family scandal”.

The New York Post talked about her relations with the US, noting that she “ultimately rubbed shoulders with 13 US presidents, starting with Herbert Hoover”.

In Israel, the Jerusalem Post pointed out that during her 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth “travelled widely and visited many countries” including Jordan, Egypt and others in the Middle East and North Africa – “but never Israel”.

“Her majesty and the Kingdom are a fabric of Iraq’s history,” said Iraqi News, adding that Iraq has a “long and complicated history with the United Kingdom”.

The state-owned Russian news agency Tass recalled that when the Queen met with the first person in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, in 1961, she was “easy-mannered and informal during the meeting and did not stick to the strict protocol.

“When Gagarin ate a piece of lemon out of his cup of tea in breach of the protocol, the Queen supported him by following the suit,” it said.

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