LONDON (AP) — Thousands of mourners marched to Queen Elizabeth II’s Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament on Thursday as King Charles III spent a private day reflecting on his first week on the throne. Lined up in front of the Queen’s coffin.
The line to see the Queen lay in her country stretched 2.6 miles (4.2 km) along the south bank of the Thames on Thursday morning before crossing the bridge to the Houses of Parliament. I didn’t mind waiting for hours.
“It was nice to have the line because it gave us time to see what was in front of us, to get ready and to soak up the whole atmosphere,” medical expert Nimisha Maru said. Told. “I wouldn’t have liked it if I had to rush through.”
When the Queen was whisked away from Buckingham Palace in a low-key procession, after a day of grand ceremonies and exhilaration, the King spent a day in “introspection” at his Highgrove estate in the west of England. I was spending Prince Charles has had phone calls with US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron and has spoken to many world leaders.
Heirs to the throne, Prince William and Duchess of Wales, Catherine, will visit the royal Sandringham mansion in the east of England to see some of the tributes left by well-behaved people.
On Wednesday, the Queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time, was loaded into a carriage, saluted by cannons and Big Ben tolls, and was in a solemn procession through the crowd-lined streets to Westminster Hall, draped in London flags. .
Charles, his brothers and sons marched behind the coffin. The coffin was adorned with a wreath of white roses, and the crown rested on a purple velvet pillow.
The military march highlighted Elizabeth’s 70 years as head of state, and a nationwide mourning process shifted to the boulevards and historic buildings of the British capital.
The 900-year-old Westminster Hall is now the focal point of the event as the Queen stays there until Monday. Thousands have already paid their respects, passing by a coffin draped to royal standards and topped with a diamond-encrusted crown.
Young and old, in dark suits, jeans and sneakers, see Guy Fawkes and Charles I on trial, kings and queens hosting glorious medieval banquets, and former monarchs laid to rest. It flowed steadily through the historic hall that was the place. .
After passing the coffin, most of the mourners stopped and turned around before exiting through the hall’s large oak doors. Some people wiped their tears. Others bowed or bowed. One fell to his knees and kissed him goodbye.
Engineer and British Army veteran Keith Smart wiped away tears as he left the hall. He waited over ten hours for a chance to say goodbye.
“Everyone in the crowd behaved impeccably. No malice, everyone was friends. It was great,” he said. “And to go into that room and look at it, I just broke down. I didn’t bow — I knelt on the floor, kneeling, bowing to the Queen.”
The midnight silence was broken when one of the guards who had been guarding around the coffin collapsed and fell forward from a raised platform. The man, whose chest was adorned with medallions, could be seen on the Queen’s coffin livestream, swinging on his feet before leaning forward on the floor, as two police officers shook him. rushed to help.
On the long journey from Scotland to London, where she died on September 8, at the age of 96, crowds of people lined up as the Queen’s coffin was moved.
Thousands braved a typical London drizzle Tuesday night as a hearse lit up the coffin and drove slowly from the air force base to Buckingham Palace.
Earlier in Edinburgh, about 33,000 people quietly passed her coffin in 24 hours at St Giles Cathedral.
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