The grand civic procession around the coffin gives way to the dignitaries’ tribute in its wake and burial in Windsor
The British government asked mid-afternoon this Sunday that the public should no longer queue to visit Queen Elizabeth II’s burning chapel. Thus began the conclusion of the great civic procession that has greeted the figure of the monarch since Wednesday, and the attention this Monday turned to the funeral and burial. The leaders arrived in London and police guarded the area around Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey.
Among the first to arrive at the reception that King Carlos III offered to 500 funeral guests Sunday afternoon at his official residence were the emeritus kings, Juan Carlos I and Sofia. They arrived at the palace in a car shared with Irish President Michael D Higgins, a fluent Spanish-speaking person, and other guests. The king and queen, Felipe VI and Letizia, also attended the reception, after honoring the catafalque with the deceased queen’s coffin.
The time queuing to get to Westminster Hall from the start was shortened over the day. With temperatures dropping since Thursday, the long queue has caused more than a thousand accidents. The ambulance service had visited 98 people during the night of Saturday, 368 during the day, and 55 had to be hospitalized.
In the ‘ebay’ market, the managers pulled the offers for the sale of plastic wristbands that served as entrance to the fencing and as a safe passage to return to the same position in line after leaving, to eat or go to the bathroom. to go. These used bands are said to have bid for tens of thousands of pounds, but eBay has banned the sale of tickets to free events and removed them.
Nearly a million people are expected to line up in the streets and parks around the space this Monday for the funeral and guest hospitality. Contrary to what happened 25 years ago at Diana’s funeral, also tumultuous, the procession will not depart from a place relatively far from Westminster Abbey, such as Kensington Palace, the home of the princess.
This time the tour of the chest is short. It consists of crossing a street. But police will deploy 10,000 officers to ensure the safety of the VIPs, who will be coached to the abbey gates and taken to a reception and lunch after the ceremony at Lancaster House, opposite Buckingham Palace. Three thousand agents provide transit for the hearse to Windsor Castle, where he is buried.
United States President Joe Biden honored Elizabeth II’s remains at Westminster Hall, accompanied by the First Lady, Jill, and later stated that the Queen reminded him of his mother, “because of the way she looked, as if they ask if you were okay, if you wanted anything.» He also said, “to the British people”, that he was “lucky to have her for 70 years”. “We have all been”, he added “The world is better because of her.”
The new Princess of Wales, Catherine, received in Buckingham Olena Zelenska, the wife of the President of Ukraine. It is also known that both the King and Prime Minister received Governors General and Prime Ministers of Commonwealth countries and other dignitaries, but the Royal House refused to publish the list of guests for what some media outlets are describing as the “reception of the century.” “, by the number of heads of state and government gathered around the figure of the long-lived British Queen.
The queen consort, Camila, released a televised message as a prologue to the ringing of the bell of the Isabel Tower, better known as Big Ben, which at 8pm marked the beginning of a minute of silence in memory of the British matriarch. Camila emphasized the late Queen’s personality as a trailblazing woman in a world predominantly dominated by men.
Young Margaret Thatcher called her coronation a possible opening for women to take on more relevant roles. During her reign, three women have served as Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked for her advice on how to balance public life and motherhood. “You must go on,” the queen told him. Ardern now remembers it as practical and realistic advice.
Source: La Verdad
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