Reaction to the Queen's Death in Newspapers Around the World

 

New Zealand Herald

The Herald, published in New Zealand, one of the nations of the Commonwealth, describes King Charles's "greatest sadness".

 

Dutch News

Dutch leaders remember Queen Elizabeth with "respect and affection", says this headline.

 

The Bruneian

Despite being a mainly business paper, the Bruneian leads with the Queen's "peaceful" death.

 

Los Angeles Times

LA's daily describes the Queen's passing as a "tumultuous national moment" for the UK.

 

The New Times

Rwanda's national English-language newspaper made the Queen's death its lead.

Le Monde

 France's Le Monde features the Queen with Pope Francis.

The Australian

Australia's daily national broadsheet pays tribute to the Queen's "life devoted to service" and gives over most of its homepage to features about her reign.

 

The Straits Times

Singapore's English-language newspaper features a photograph of the smiling Queen sitting with her "red box", which held important papers from UK government ministers and from her representatives across the Commonwealth.

The Globe and Mail

As expected from a Commonwealth country's leading newspaper, Canada's Globe and Mail devotes most of its front page to the Queen's passing.

The Times of India

When Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Harry Truman were leading the Soviet Union, China and the US while Winston Churchill was British prime minister, says the The Times of India.

Penguin News

The Falkland Islands' weekly pays tribute to the Queen and says the news was received by islanders with "great sadness".

 

New York Post

The Post features a photo-led front page.

El Pais

The Spanish-language daily based in the capital city of Madrid says Elizabeth II was able to "fill the void left by the dismantling of the colonial power of the United Kingdom".

 

Nikkei

The world's biggest circulation financial newspaper, Japan's Nikkei, leads with the story.

 

Dainik Bhaskar

The Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper says: "Queen breathes her last at Balmoral Castle, Scotland."