# god save our king #. the national anthem was sung and the coffin was borne from the abbey on the shoulders of the grenadier guards. as the funeral procession set off through the wide streets of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a gun salute was fired in hyde park. the procession was led by the royal canadian mounted police,
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As a school, so i wanted to just come and wave one last time, for myself. many others came from far afield. we got here at ten o clock last night, so we have been here all night. hadia miller and family travelled all the way from yorkshire. it is great how we all come together as a nation. something bonding. i think we are all in quite high spirits today, at the moment, but the mood will definitely change later. and it did. solemnity and tears, and then the two minute silence. applause as the procession with the hearse went past, applause rippled up the long walk, with people showing their appreciation in the simplest way. it was quiet but there was deep emotion, too. it s wonderful to be here with so many people from all over the country, and to pay ourfinal respects to the queen,
The procession stretched the length of the mall and beyond. it brought the gun carriage to buckingham palace, past the balcony where she d first appeared in 1927 at the age of one, and where she d been seen most recently during her platinum jubilee. up constitution hill. ..to wellington arch, close to her childhood home on piccadilly. the military detachments and the bands were drawn up. three generations of the royal family watched. the bearer party placed the coffin in the state hearse for the final departure from the capital.
The national anthem was sung and the coffin was borne from the abbey on the shoulders of the grenadier guards. as the funeral procession set off through the wide streets of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a gun salute was fired in hyde park. the procession was led by the royal canadian mounted police, canada the commonwealth country she visited more than any other.