‘A constant in my life’: World mourns Queen Elizabeth II

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II was much more than Britain’s monarch. She was sovereign to another 14 nations and a rare figure who was almost universally admired through hemispheres, generations, social divisions and politics. Tributes to her came from other monarchs, leaders, dignitaries and rock stars. Even in places where the relationship with British monarchy is complicated, the tributes flowed. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Elizabeth “personified dignity and decency in public life.” Caribbean leaders from Jamaica to Bermuda and beyond mourned her death, which occurred as several British territories in the Caribbean seek to replace the monarch with their own heads of state amid demands that Britain apologize for colonial-era abuses and award reparations.