EDINBURGH, Scotland — King Charles III and his siblings have stood in silent vigil round their mom Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward lowered their heads as they stood at 4 sides of the oak coffin. They stood for about 10 minutes alongside 4 members of the Royal Company of Archers, who stood guard armed with arrows and quivers.
As they carried out the normal vigil, a procession of members of the general public lined up to view the queen’s coffin and filed previous. Some bowed as they handed the king, whereas others walked solemnly by with their heads lowered.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
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— Loss of unifying queen might fray the bonds of fractious UK
— People wanting to pay last respects to queen face lengthy wait, strict guidelines
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— Queen Elizabeth II liked corgis breed from childhood
— Former British colonies are conflicted over Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy
— What’s subsequent for the UK as Queen Elizabeth II laid to relaxation
— What will occur to all of the currencies that characteristic the queen?
— The queen, as imagined — from punk rock to thriller novels
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LONDON — Officials in command of the park outdoors Buckingham Palace have instructed individuals to cease leaving marmalade sandwiches as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II due to the “negative impact on the park’s wildlife.”
Some mourners have left the snacks alongside floral tributes at Buckingham Palace and neighboring Green Park. The sandwiches are a reference to a comedy sketch that includes the queen and an animated Paddington Bear filmed for the late monarch’s Platinum Jubilee earlier this yr.
In the video, the queen mentioned that like Paddington Bear she additionally favors marmalade sandwiches and hides them in her purse “for later.”
The Royal Parks group mentioned Monday individuals mustn’t depart the snacks however might depart teddy bears and different objects in the event that they wished.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh has opened to members of the general public who want to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II, whose coffin is mendacity at relaxation inside.
The Scottish authorities is warning that the road, and ready occasions, are anticipated to be lengthy, with maybe hours of standing. Visitors can depart the road to use rest room services.
Authorities have launched airport-style safety, banning individuals from taking contained in the cathedral any massive baggage, sharp objects, or meals or liquids.
Similar crowds are anticipated in London, the place the coffin might be visited from Wednesday.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Four members of the Royal Company of Archers are standing vigil over Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin in St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
They are a placing presence, carrying hats known as “Balmoral bonnets” adorned with a single eagle feather. Each of them is holding a wood bow and a quiver of arrows.
The firm, which formally features because the British sovereign’s bodyguard in Scotland, is an archery membership established in 1676, in accordance to the royal web site.
Membership to the ceremonial firm is by election — members have to be Scots or have “strong Scottish connection,” the positioning says.
Steeped in historical past, the corporate is endowed with “perpetual access” to public areas together with “plains and pasturages legally allotted for shooting arrows,” in return for presenting the sovereign with three barbed arrows on request.
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LONDON — A line has already began forming to view Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin when she lies in state in London, though that received’t begin until Wednesday night.
Security workers are getting ready for thousands and thousands of individuals to pay their respects to the late monarch, whose coffin will probably be in London’s Westminster Hall till her state funeral on Sept. 19.
Vanessa Nathakumaran, 56, travelled Monday from Harrow close to London to Lambeth Bridge in central London, the place the doorway of the road is predicted to be arrange.
“I really, really want to be part of it,” mentioned Nathakumaran, who’s initially from Sri Lanka — a rustic as soon as known as Ceylon and dominated by Britain.
The line is predicted to stretch from Parliament alongside the financial institution of the River Thames.
Officials have suggested commuters within the metropolis to change their working patterns as a result of London is predicted to be extraordinarily busy in coming days.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — A memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh has ended, and members of the general public will quickly be allowed inside to pay their respects.
The coffin, with the Crown of Scotland resting on a cushion on prime of it, is to keep within the Twelfth-century cathedral via Tuesday.
Thousands of individuals lined the route of the procession via the Scottish capital’s Old Town to the cathedral, as the previous monarch’s kids — together with new sovereign King Charles III — walked behind the hearse.
The memorial service featured Karen Matheson singing Psalm 118 in Gaelic, with harp accompaniment, and a studying from Ecclesiastes by the pinnacle of the Scottish authorities, Nicola Sturgeon.
The congregation sang The Lord’s My Shepherd, mentioned to be one of many queen’s favourite hymns.
Members of the royal household had been to maintain a vigil by the coffin within the night.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a memorial service.
A hearse containing the coffin headed a procession Monday via the Scottish capital’s Old Town. Thousands of individuals lined the road referred to as the Royal Mile, which hyperlinks Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
St. Giles’ Cathedral, based within the 1130s, is holding a service of thanksgiving.
Afterward, members of the general public will probably be allowed inside to file previous the coffin. Some have been ready since round daybreak.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — The kids of Queen Elizabeth II are accompanying their mom’s coffin on a procession via the Scottish capital.
A army bagpiper performed mournful music because the coffin, draped within the royal commonplace, was carried from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh and positioned in a hearse Monday.
King Charles III, wearing military uniform, and his siblings Princes Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward are strolling behind the hearse because the procession strikes slowly towards St. Giles’ Cathedral.
The hearse is flanked by a bearer get together of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a detachment of The King’s Body Guard in Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.
The coffin will stay on the cathedral till Tuesday in order that members of the general public pays their respects.
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LONDON — A aircraft carrying King Charles has landed in Edinburgh, the place the brand new monarch is due to accompany his late mom’s coffin in a procession via the center of the Scottish capital.
The procession Monday will bear the previous sovereign’s coffin to a cathedral, the place it can stay for twenty-four hours to enable the general public to pay their final respects.
Lines of individuals ready to file previous the coffin at St. Giles’ Cathedral started forming round daybreak.
Charles flew to Scotland after earlier receiving condolences from each Britain’s homes of parliament.
He instructed lawmakers he’ll comply with his late mom’s instance of “selfless duty.”
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LONDON — Britain is to observe a nationwide minute of silence Sunday, on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
The British authorities says the “moment of reflection” will happen at 8 p.m. (1900GMT).
People are inspired to mark the silence at dwelling or at neighborhood occasions.
The queen’s funeral will probably be held subsequent Monday at Westminster Abbey.
Britain’s monarch of the previous 70 years died Thursday in Scotland on the age of 96.
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LONDON — King Charles and his spouse Camilla, the Queen Consort, have boarded a flight to Edinburgh the place the brand new monarch will participate in a procession bearing his late mom’s coffin to St. Giles’ Cathedral.
The aircraft left RAF Northolt on the outskirts of London for the flight to Edinburgh Airport on Monday.
In the Scottish capital, Charles and Camilla had been due at Hollyroodhouse palace the place Queen Elizabeth’s coffin stayed in a single day. It arrived there after a six-hour journey in a hearse from the queen’s beloved Balmoral Castle summer time retreat, the place the 96-year-old sovereign died Thursday.
The royal couple are to attend a service of remembrance for the queen, go to the Scottish Parliament and meet senior officers.
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LONDON — A 100-year-old British lady says she acquired a congratulatory telegram from Queen Elizabeth II the day after the monarch’s dying.
Gwendolyn Hoare learn out the telegram in a recording shared with the BBC by her household and aired Monday.
She mentioned it made her “feel quite tearful” and added: “I’m a royalist … old fashioned.”
Hoare’s niece, Sue Beckett, posted a message to a BBC on-line web page which is compiling tributes to the late queen. She mentioned the telegram arrived Friday, a day earlier than her aunt’s one centesimal birthday, and a day after the 96-year-old queen had died at her Balmoral property in Scotland.
“For decades she talked about receiving a telegram from the Queen and was devastated to hear the news … but her telegram arrived (on Friday) and she was ecstatic,” Beckett wrote.
The British monarch historically sends a telegram of congratulations to residents who attain the age of 100.
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LONDON — King Charles III has addressed lawmakers in Britain’s Parliament, telling them: “I cannot but help feel the weight of history which surrounds us.”
Charles instructed members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would comply with his late mom Queen Elizabeth II in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.Ok.’s political system.
He paid tribute to his mom, saying: “As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was a pattern to all princes living.”
Charles is due to journey from Parliament to Edinburgh and accompany the queen’s coffin to St. Giles’ Cathedral for a service of remembrance.
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LONDON — In a primary official assertion because the queen’s dying, her grandson Prince Harry has hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity.
The personal statement, posted Monday on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website, said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
Harry stop as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years in the past. On Saturday, he and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and his spouse Catherine in assembly mourners outdoors Windsor Castle.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has introduced it can mark the dying of Queen Elizabeth II with a public vacation on Sept. 26.
The nation may also maintain a state memorial service within the capital, Wellington, on the identical day. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mentioned Elizabeth was a unprecedented individual and many individuals would admire the chance to mark her dying and have fun her life.
“As New Zealand’s queen and much-loved sovereign for over 70 years, it is appropriate that we mark her life of dedicated public service with a state memorial service and a one-off public holiday,” Ardern mentioned.
She additionally mentioned she can be leaving this week for Britain to attend Elizabeth’s funeral.
