LONDON — King Charles shook hands and spoke to well\u002Dwishers queuing for hours in central London on Saturday to file past the coffin of his mother, Queen…
To cheers of “hip, hip, hurrah” and shouts of “God save the King,” Charles walked alongside part of the queue waiting to see the queen’s lying-in-state, asking those lining up how long they had been there and whether they were warm enough.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
London’s police force said on Friday the funeral would be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken as prime ministers, presidents and royals come together. In the silent hall, some mourners wept, many were tearful while current soldiers and veterans saluted their former commander-in-chief. Others fell to their knees.
New friendships, acts of kindness and the struggles of standing in line for hours, sometimes overnight, have come to define what has become known as just “the queue.” Having laid at rest in the Scottish capital for 24 hours the coffin was flown south to London, where tens of thousands of people crowded onto a normally busy road in driving rain to observe the flag-draped casket being driven to Buckingham Palace.Article content
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