The world is mourning the death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a sad and historic event which brings to a close the second Elizabethan era.
From the first computers to global connectivity, via hybrid cars and the biodiesel-powered Royal train, the Queen was a fundamental and consistent presence in the UK's transition to the digital era.
Her Majesty always embraced change and was an unwavering advocate of engineering and technology, no less so than in her patronage of the IET, which now honours her memory following her death.
“On behalf of everyone at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and our global engineering community, we are saddened to learn of the death of HM The Queen, Patron of the IET," said current President Sir Julian Young KBE CB FREng CEng FIET, in the IET's official statement.
"Her Majesty was an unwavering advocate of engineering and technology and graciously consented her patronage to the Institution...
