Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived in London

Published on: 09/13/2022 – 20:35 Five days after her death in Scotland, the remains of Queen Elizabeth II landed in London on Tuesday evening, accompanied aboard a Royal Air Force plane by her daughter the Princess Anne. The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II arrived in London on Tuesday, September 13, after leaving Edinburgh Cathedral, under the emotional gaze of a crowd gathered to bid farewell to the sovereign who died Thursday at age 96. The remains , escorted by Princess Anne, was boarded a royal plane. He must be transferred aboard a hearse to Buckingham Palace, where he will be welcomed by his son Charles III and members of the royal family. homage to their sovereign. The farewell of the ScotsIn Edinburgh on Monday and Tuesday, tens of thousands of Britons waited for hours, including at night, to collect their thoughts, bowing, curtseying, crossing themselves or wiping away a tear in front of the coffin which lay in the St. Giles Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Placed on a platform and covered with the yellow, red and navy standard of Scotland, a wreath of white flowers and the solid gold crown of Scotland placed above, the coffin remained accessible throughout the night of Monday.King Charles III and his three siblings – Princes Andrew and Edward, along with Princess Anne – came on Monday evening with Queen Consort Camilla to observe a wake. The photo of the children of Elizabeth II, back to the coffin, made the front page of all the daily newspapers on Tuesday. The body of Elizabeth II had until Monday evening been kept away from the general public: first at the castle of Balmoral, in the North of Scotland, where the monarch died, then at the royal palace of Holyrood. Hundreds of thousands of people expected in front of Buckingham Popular figure, rock of stability in the storm sometimes political, social or sanitary during Covid-19, the Queen was a reassuring image for millions of Britons. In London, the remains of the sovereign will spend one last night at Buckingham Palace, her official residence during her 70 years and seven months of reign. Then the second part of its presentation to the public will begin on Wednesday, which should see hundreds of thousands of people marching past for just under five days, 24 hours a day. Some started lining up on Monday. will take place on Monday September 19 in the presence of some 500 foreign dignitaries and many crowned heads. But Russia, Belarus and Burma were not invited. With AFP