Amid cheers and applause from her loyal subjects, the remains of Queen Elizabeth II passed through the gates of her Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday night to spend one last night there, before five days of public homage to Westminster.
There she was received by her son Charles III and Queen Camilla, who had returned from a brief official visit to Northern Ireland, and other members of the royal family. Her return to the capital is prepared for her funeral, which will take place on Monday at Westminster Abbey.
The Queen’s coffin, draped in the yellow, red and blue Royal Standard of the United Kingdom and a crown of white flowers, was unloaded, by the famous Grenadiers, from the hearse that had transported it from the Royal Air Force airport, where he had landed an hour earlier.
Thousands of people
As he passed, hundreds of motorists got out of their cars to make him an honor guard, not hesitating to cross the central reservation after having stopped their vehicle on the section in the opposite direction to the road.
On Wednesday, the coffin of the Queen, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, will depart from her official home in the British capital in an armed carriage, crossing central London to reach the Palace of Westminster in a grand procession, where it will be exhibited for five days in Westminster Hall.
Thousands of people are expected for the procession through central London, which will be greeted by the bell of Big Ben and cannon fire in Hyde Park.
They will be even more numerous to try to pay a last tribute to the sovereign between Wednesday and Monday morning in Westminster Hall. The press evokes up to 750,000 people over more than ten kilometers. In Edinburgh, 33,000 people had already queued to bid him farewell at Saint-Gilles Cathedral.
In a statement released Tuesday night by Buckingham, Princess Anne thanked those who show so much “love and respect” to her late mother.
“I had the opportunity to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It was an honor and a privilege to accompany her on her last journey,” added the princess, the only daughter of the sovereign who will travel with her remains between Edinburgh and Edinburgh. and London.
Source: BFM TV
