Britain said goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at the funeral of a historic country which was attended by world leaders, before the ceremony journey passed hundreds of thousands of mourners to her last resting place.
The large crowd gathered in London to watch the queen’s coffin wrapped in flags, on it with the crown of the imperial country, the ball and the kingdom of his kingdom, taken slowly to the weapons trains from the Parliamentary Westminster Hall where he was in the state since Wednesday.
For pipelines and drums, weapons trains – used in every state burial since Queen Victoria’s in 1901 – then withdrawn by 142 seafarers Tamtama Junior in the Royal Navy to Abbey Westminster.
The thousand-old church tenor, Bell, reads 96 times in an interval one minute-one for each year in his life-and stops one minute before the service starts at 11:00 in the morning (1000 GMT).
In his funeral sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby praised the life and service of the Queen to the British and the Commonwealth.
A loving person rarely occurs in every way of life. Love service leaders are still less rare,” he told 2,000 guests, who were included as US President Joe Biden and Emperor Japan Naruhito.The coffin was then borne, to the rhythm of the burial parade, on the trip three hours through the streets of London to the Windsor Castle, west of the capital.
Along the route, the sea of arms lifted high -height, gripping the cellphone, to record the appearance of the choreography of the military accuracy.
The last song of “God Save the Queen” was heard when the audience spread flowers on the road, and the church bells that were muffled rang in the distance.
Private burial takes place Monday night at King George VI Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Dean of Windsor, said the official website of the royal family.
The queen was buried together with Duke of Edinburgh,” said a statement, referring to her 73 -year -old husband Prince Philip who died last year.
Army Veterans Robert MacDonald, 48, including among the crowds that are lined with three miles (five kilometers) on foot that lead to Windsor Castle.I was in the infantry for 26 years, so the queen was my boss,” he said, adding that she wanted to “salute the last time when the corpse passed”.
In a long journey, the military procession passed with the deceased’s queen pony, Carltonlima Emma, stood without a rider. It met in the castle by his last two corgi dogs, Muick and Sandy.
The oldest queen in the British history-leaving in Balmoral, Retreating the Scottish highlands, on September 8 after a year declined in health.
The oldest son and his successor, King Charles III, wore a ceremony military uniform, following a solemn procession in London, along with his three siblings.
They were accompanied by the eldest son of Charles, Prince William, the brother of William isolated, Prince Harry, and other senior royals.
William’s two oldest children, George, nine years old, and Charlotte, were seven years old, also walked behind the coffin in Abbey Westminster.
Sunday night, Charles, 73, and his wife, Queen of Camilla, 75, said they had been “very touched” by flooding public messages.I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you,” Charles said.
Britain, a country that changed a lot since the coronation of the queen in the same monastery in 1953, had explored far into the tradition of centuries to respect the only king who was mostly people who had been known.
Once a lifetime,” said a student Naomi Thompson, 22, camping in the crowd at Hyde Park London.John Mackinnon, a 49 -year -old insurance broker from London, added: “His ceremony is perfect in everything.
Very spectacular, as it should be for a great queen.Others cannot be in London gather in theaters and churches around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to watch services and processions on the big screen.
Auto Engineer Jamie Page, a former 41 -year -old soldier, stood on Whitehall to observe the funeral procession, wearing a military medal from the service in the Iraqi war.
means everything, he is like a gift from God,” he said.Cemeteries – Watched by many people in silence – lasts only under one hour.It ended with a trumpet playing “The Last Post”, two minutes of silence to commemorate the queen and national anthem rewritten, “God Save The King”.
Oscar -winning actor and company veteran Royal Shakespeare Kenneth Branagh attended, told AFP that very solemn and carried out lovingly”The music is very beautiful. It feels judged beautifully, respectfully and sensitively,” he said.
The long procession filed a downing street past, government buildings in Whitehall, through the horse guard parade and on the mall, the road filled with trees leading to the Buckingham Palace decorated with red, white and blue.
At Wellington Arch nearby, 6,000 members of the armed forces who had lined up in the hypnosis lockstep stopped and the coffin was moved to the royal body.
Charles saluted and the national anthem was played again before the corpse to the road to the Windsor Castle.The Queen was buried with her father, King George VI, Queen of her mother Elizabeth and the sister of Princess Margaret, reunited in the death of a family who had called themselves “us four”.
Her husband’s coffin Philip, who died last year at the age of 99 years, was moved to lie beside him.Elizabeth’s funeral could not be more different than Philip in the Sthe George Chapel, Windsor, in April 2021.
The Coronavirus Limited Limited Limitation is only 30, led by Ratu, a solitary figure in black mourning and a matching facemask.Conversely on Monday, the monastery was packed with high officials and some ordinary British who were honored because of their military service or community, especially during the Covid-19 Pandemi.
You are lucky to have it for 70 years, all of us,” Biden said on Sunday after signing the condolences. “The world is better for him.”At Abbey Pews is Liz Truss, who was appointed by the Queen as the 15th British Prime Minister of his government only two days before his death, in his last major ceremony.
All the predecessors of the truss that live there are plus colleagues and representatives from 14 Commonwealth countries outside of England where Charles is also the Head of State.Whether they remain constitutional monarchy or republican tend to be a decisive feature of the Charles government.
The death of the queen has triggered a deep reflection of the British that she knows, her past heritage, the current situation and what might happen in the future, as well as the values of service and the lifetime of life she represented.
Hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have queued, sometimes up to 25 hours and overnight, to submit the coffin of the queen when it is located in the state.
Chrissy Heerey, a member who serves the Royal Air Force who joined the Marathon queue twice, was the last person through the door Monday morning and described the experience as “extraordinary”.Throughout the procession after the funeral, Big Ben, giant bells on the Elizabeth tower at one end of the parliamentary building, flown and military weapons were fired at one minute interval.
In Windsor, Sebastopol Bell – captured in Crimea in 1856 – and Bell Tower Curfew was also heard.Broad television viewers watch funerals around the world and online, atA lone bagpiper played a lament, the mournful tune fading as he walked away.