Due to the late announcement, the program of events culminating in the state funeral has been postponed by one day.
The United Kingdom has slowly gone into official mourning after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen died at 5:30 p.m. (Peninsula time) on Thursday, although the causes of her death have not been disclosed. The official announcement was published almost two hours later. This has resulted in a delay of one day in the planned agenda of the operation “London Bridge”.
Carlos III will address the population via television on Friday afternoon and will be confirmed as king this Saturday by the Accession Council, after receiving approval from the body that ensures the observance of the heraldic heritage. Also on Saturday, the transfer of Elizabeth II’s remains from Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh to London will begin.
There is no date yet for the state funeral at Westminster Abbey. The mourning of the family and public institutions lasts from today until seven days after the funeral. Cannon fires will signal military mourning in Hyde Park and the Tower of London. Buckingham Palace has issued guidelines for the public to place bouquets at the gates or in parks near the royal family residences, which will remain closed to the public until after the funeral.
The Parliament will meet in a very long session to give the delegates the opportunity to pay their respects and their memories of the Queen. David Gauke, conservative in favor of the European Union, who was purged by Boris Johnson, recalls in New Statesman magazine his professional and personal experience with Elizabeth II.
Like other deputies, Gauke regularly went to schools in his constituency to explain to students how the political profession is practiced. At these meetings he was always asked if he had ever been with the Queen. For years, the deputy disappointed his audience. When he was appointed minister and became a member of the Privy Council, he impressed them by telling them that he had been with the Queen on Tuesday.
Remember that before the meeting with the monarch, the ministers were nervous, and after the meeting they left elated and more friendly. “The Queen was a sincere person,” he writes. “There were no ulterior motives, no maneuvers to position themselves. She wasn’t aiming for a promotion, nor was she afraid of being demoted. He didn’t support a faction, he didn’t intend to win an argument. She was intellectually curious and deeply interested in the welfare of her subjects, but she was inscrutable about her opinions. He only wanted the best for his country. It was so refreshing.”
From the children and politicians of the time to the survivors of their generation, who have lived through war at home and witnessed massive transformations in society and the world, all Britons have some association with the late Queen through a family or social event. “The moment history stopped,” reads a BBC headline. Perhaps it is also the moment when all generations relive a certain moment in their history.
Source: La Verdad
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