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Wake around Isabel II: the queue seen from the sky

A US space technology company has released satellite images of crowds making their way to the Palace of Westminster to pass Elizabeth II’s coffin on Friday afternoon.

A massive crowd that caused the British authorities to suspend access to the queue for a few hours this Friday afternoon, the retired soccer star David Beckham himself forced to wait at 1:00 p.m. All this so that when citizens were again authorized to integrate the long human snake, the wait exceeded 24 hours.

It is an understatement to say that the funeral vigil around Elizabeth II’s coffin, which her subjects can visit at the Palace of Westminster, has been drawing huge crowds since Wednesday afternoon. And this Friday, photos taken by the satellites of the American space research company Maxar from the sky of London provided impressive visual evidence. In fact, the revealed photos show a human tide that extends over long kilometers.

A long journey and a ferris wheel

You can first watch the parade fill Parliament Square and follow its unflappable Ferris wheel.

Parliament Square, September 16, 2022.
Parliament Square, September 16, 2022. © AFP PHOTO / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2021 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES

over the thames

Then you have to cross the Thames.

Satellite images show the queue stretching for miles across London to enter Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II's coffin rests.
Satellite images show the queue stretching for miles across London to enter Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II’s coffin rests. © Brochure / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies / AFP

The green space next to the Palace of Westminster is also razed.

Satellite images show the queue stretching for miles across London to enter Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II's coffin rests.
Satellite images show the queue stretching for miles across London to enter Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II’s coffin rests. © BROCHURE / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2021 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP

Buckingham Palace on the same boat

If traffic seems airier near Buckingham Palace, it’s not more fluid for it.

Crowds near Buckingham Palace.
Crowds near Buckingham Palace. © AFP PHOTO / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2021 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES

This last popular tribute to the deceased will last until Monday morning. Meanwhile, the royal remains will welcome the public day and night. And the one that is already falling looks very cold, the British government said at the end of the day.

Author: verner robin
Source: BFM TV

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