At 7:30 p.m. CEST, the Reuters news agency reported the death of the United Kingdom‘s head of state. „Queen Elizabeth II,“ as German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote, „is a woman who shaped a century. She has experienced and written contemporary history. Her Majesty was held in the highest esteem and respect throughout the world.“ On the other side of the canal in the French capital, the lights on the Eiffel Tower were switched off in commemoration.