Queen Elizabeth II
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To honour the legacy and life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga ordered the flying of flags at half staff in the territory.
This was confirmed in a general memorandum issued on Thursday.
Pursuant to the Proclamation by U.S President Joe...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96.
The Queen visited the Pacific multiple times during her reign, with a visit a few months after her coronation to Fiji and Tonga, in...
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal...

![The United States and the American Samoa flags flying at half-staff throughout the territory - as seen in this Samoa News photo yesterday in front of the entrance to the Port of Pago Pago - “in honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”, who passed away Sept. 08 at the age of 96. [photo: Si’u Crichton] Flags flying at half staff for QE II](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/flags_half_staff_port.jpg?itok=qyn2N2cv)

![Queen Elizabeth II waves to the crowd during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at the Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022. [AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File] Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/queen_elizabeth_ii.jpeg?itok=Wr-EqyfR)