Duncan Rasor, who served as a royal guard to Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, says the grandeur surrounding the late monarch s funeral and commemorative events leading up to it are necessary for the United Kingdom to move forward.
JANE FRYER: Tuesday s sad little queue waiting to see the Queen lying in state the evening before her coffin was brought to Westminster Hall has been transformed. Not just in size but in cheeriness.
Crowds sang hymns and ate pizza blessed by God after camping overnight and waiting to be granted access to Westminster Hall, where the fallen monarch is lying in state until 6.30am on Monday.