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Normally, the Queen is a pillar of strength for her family and the balm for the nation s soul. But yesterday, on an occasion of deep sorrow and rare glories, it was she who required succour. When, for instance, the national minute s silence froze the scene inside St George s Chapel in the great walled enclosure of Windsor Castle. And again when the Last Post cast its mournful spell and she bowed her head, appearing to wipe away a tear. But never was the blast of goodwill from her country needed most than when she stood – desolate, masked, alone, without even a hand to squeeze – watching the coffin bearing her husband of 73 years sink dramatically beneath the chapel s marble floor. ....