President Droupadi Murmu on Monday joined around 500 world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, and royals from across the world at Westminster Abbey for a sombre ceremony to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II - the UK s longest-serving monarch.
Hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to partake in the historic moment. They jammed the sidewalks to watch the coffin wend its way through the streets of the capital after the service.
This puts her at the same level of popularity as George W Bush, when his approval ratings peaked in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
William and Harry boasted scores of 66 and 62 per cent respectively, but Prince Charles managed just 34 percent.
Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, told The Times: I don’t think the monarchy is now deeply unpopular in America at all.
Queen Elizabeth remains overwhelmingly popular with the US public (Image: Getty)
The Queen with the Obamas (Image: Getty)
“A distinction has to be made between the liberal elites who clearly have a disdain for the monarchy for ideological reasons and the vast majority of ordinary Americans who like the Queen.”
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NASA launched its most recent exploration of the Red Planet at the end of July last year, as it continues its efforts to search for life on Mars. In February, its Perseverance Rover touched down at the Jezero Crater and has been beaming pictures back to planet earth ever since. Her Majesty was shown some of the images received by NASA during a video call on Friday with British scientists who worked on the mission.