Raja Charles III led the procession of his mother’s coffin Queen Elizabeth II through London on Wednesday before hundreds of thousands of people paid their last respects.Queen Elizabeth’s body, who died last week, will be borne by a weapons train pulled by a horse from her home in Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. It will still be there until Monday the funeral.
The procession of the coffin will be attended by all siblings of the queen. Big Ben Will Toll and Artillery Guns will fire respect in Hyde Park.Raja Charles and other nobles are expected to walk in silence behind the corpse when passing through London’s paths. They will then hold a vigil during their arrival in the 12th century hall in the Westminster parliamentary complex.
People will be left into the hall to pay their last respects. The queue can be for 8 km. “It is our job to say thank you,” said Vanessa Nanthakumaran, 56, coming from Sri Lanka, who was in the head of the queue.
Strict rules and airport style security measures have been applied. The government has advised people to wear “suitable clothing” and carry a portable battery package to keep the cellphone loaded.Hotel rooms in London are increasingly difficult to find, with budget rooms even for 300 pounds per night. Transportation boss and police are under pressure to keep the city moving and safe.
The British police also faced criticism from the civil freedom group for their treatment of anti-monarchic protesters who openly challenged Charles’s accession to the throneThe funeral of the queen will take place at Westminster Abbey in front of 2,000 VIP guests, with that day it is declared a public holiday in the UK.
Hundreds of heads of state and government, as well as global royalties, are expected, but Russia, Belarus, Myanmar and North Korea have not been invited to send representatives.US President Joe Biden has confirmed that he will be present, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
