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    Queen Elizabeth

    And that's it - the end of the largest funeral in world history.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    In the chapel at Windsor Castle, the three great physical symbols of the British Sovereign - the Crown, Orb and Sceptre - have been removed from the top of the Queen's coffin. The three will be used again next year for the Coronation of King Charles III. Rumours are swirling that the Coronation...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    The guys with the colourful uniforms in front of the coffin are the heralds. They always lead Royal processions. As her coffin is lowered into the vault, the Garter King of Arms will read out all her titles before proclaiming Charles III as King.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    What a glorious site: traditional British pomp and pageantry but out in the Berkshire countryside.
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    Queen Elizabeth

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    Queen Elizabeth

    After the State Funeral the Queen's coffin was conveyed on a gun carriage from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch by 142 Royal Navy sailors. At Wellington Arch the coffin was lifted onto a hearse for the relatively short journey to Windsor Castle in Berkshire where the Queen will be interred...
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    What will change in Canada with the accession of King Charles?

    The Queen faces to the right on coins whereas the King will face to the left.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Unfortunately, they made us going into work this Bank Holiday Monday, albeit our shift doing 8-1 instead of the usual 12-8, so I missed the actual funeral. But as I was walking home I watched on my phone the procession with the Queen's coffin on the gun carriage pulled by 142 Royal Navy sailors...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    They still don't have to watch it, though.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Two million people have descended on London - on top of the nine million who live there - for the first State Funeral in Britain since that of Churchill in 1965. The funeral is expected to have the biggest TV audience in history, with over half the world's population - 4.1 billion - expected to...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    A gay man with a wife and kids.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Breaking News Prince George, 9, and Princess Charlotte, 7 - second and third in the line of Succession respectively - are to attend tomorrow's State Funeral of their great-grandmother.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth II's personal touches in plans for funeral day By George Bowden & Sean Coughlan, royal correspondent BBC News 15th September 2022 A rehearsal for the state funeral was held overnight on Thursday Queen Elizabeth II made personal additions to plans for her funeral day...
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    Queen Elizabeth

    What can we expect from King Charles III?
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Biden pays tribute to the Queen
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    Queen Elizabeth

    UK observed a minute's silence at 8pm.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    All the politicians, royalty and celebs did. The same goes for Chris Schofield and Amanda Willoughby, the hosts of ITV's This Morning.
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    Queen Elizabeth

    Joe Biden visits the Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall Spain's King Felipe VI and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gutav visit the Queen's coffin
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    Queen Elizabeth

    'God save the King': Queuing crowds cheer royals
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    Queen Elizabeth