A day after the world learned that the reign of Britain’s longest serving monarch had come to an end, political figures, athletes, artists and celebrities continued to offer their praise for Queen Elizabeth II. “Her death is a great loss to the British people,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a letter to the new King Charles III, according to Chinese state television on Friday. Xi noted the queen was the first British monarch to make a visit to China and promised to continue working with the new monarch. Japanese and Philippine leaders commented on her passing as well, joining the likes o…