The U.K. has not buried a monarch since the death of King George VI in 1952, so royal watchers anticipate Monday's funeral for Queen Elizabeth II - decades in the planning - will be a blend of grand spectacle and personal grief not seen in generations.
thank you for the marmalade. both the king and his son wanted to know how people were coping with the long wait. clearly you ve read the manual. i m just before the walkabout, the king had visited one of the main control rooms where the metropolitan police is coordinating the immense operation being mounted by all the emergency services, possibly the biggest such operation london has ever seen. a meeting with representatives of the other countries australia, canada, new zealand,
operation london has ever seen. the prime minister of. australia, your majesty. and then, this afternoon, at buckingham palace, a series of audiences with prime ministers of some of the other countries where the british monarch is head of state. the prime minister of jamaica. some are already reviewing their links with the british crown. decisions on that are for the future. their priority now is to pay their tributes to their queen. canada s prime minister justin trudeau visited the lying in state. another visitor was australia s anthony albanese who is known to favour australia becoming a republic. duty officer signals but a time of mourning is no time for politics. at least not publicly. westminster hall continues to be a place where citizens of the british nation and many others are coming to pay their respects. nicholas witchell, bbc news.
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