Just the odd interruption. the sound of military boots ricocheting off the floor, the duty officer tapping commands with his stick, and the occasional cry of a child. it has been like this since five o clock on wednesday afternoon when black rod, the parliamentary officer in charge of maintaining order in the lord s chamber and its precincts, signal that the doors of the hall can be opened to the public patiently queueing outside. 50 hours or so have elapsed since that moment. people at the head of what has felt at times an infinite line have filed in past the coffin, paying their private respects to the late queen. some people walk by lost in private thoughts. some bow, some curtsy, some make the sign of the cross, others turn on their heel and looked
Thursday, the gardens at windsor, the queen s main home in later years, lavender, rosemary, the symbol of remembrance. yeomen of the guard, one of the royal bodyguards doing their duty in this vigil. and all this under the great hammer beam roof of westminster hall, this great open space without a single pillar to obstruct the view, as the public enter the south of the hall, look down the steps, they are immediately struck by the vision of her majesty s coffin resting on its catafalque and beer of red and
We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave buckingham palace on this late summer evening and travel into westminster hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. it looks like they are just about to leave buckingham palace. the outriders are out of the gates. the queen consort will be with the king. it ll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. but in the setting of westminster hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a
Coggon will celebrate its 132nd Harvest Home on Sept. 10 keeping the tradition alive since 1890. Though the event has changed through the years, its original purpose continues — to
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