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Queen Elizabeth’s funeral ‘will unite’ world as mourners queue for miles
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Taiwan looking for ‘appropriate’ way to mourn Queen Elizabeth
‘Loving a queue’: Thousands wait in line to pay respects to queen
Date: September 14, 2022
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners took their places in a queue snaking around the centre of London on Wednesday, recognising without complaint that they might have to wait for hours to see the late Queen Elizabeth lying in state. Some even braved the rain and slept on the pavement overnight to secure...
William and Harry walk together behind a loved one’s coffin, again
Date: September 14, 2022
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Princes William and Harry walked side by side behind their grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin on Wednesday, a scene reminiscent of when, as boys 25 years ago, they followed their mother Princess Diana’s casket in the glare of global media. The brothers, whose relationship has become strained in recent years,...
King Charles, William and Harry reunited in grief to escort queen’s coffin
Date: September 14, 2022
By Michael Holden, Kate Holton and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry and other senior royals joined a solemn procession taking Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as the late monarch made her final journey from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Huge crowds gathered in central London to witness the queen being...
End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief
Date: September 14, 2022
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people. “We are not there yet. But the end is in...
Take whatever COVID booster you can get, says head of EU drugs watchdog
Date: September 14, 2022
By Ludwig Burger, Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -People in Europe should take whatever COVID-19 booster is available to them in the coming months, Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said in a Reuters Next Newsmaker interview ahead of an expected autumn rise in infections. Apart from the original...
‘Queen’s Counsel’ no more, ‘King’s Counsel’ return to UK courts after 70 years
Date: September 14, 2022
By Karen Sloan (Reuters) – The former Prince Charles is not the only one getting used to having “King” in his title all of a sudden. About 1,900 elite UK lawyers and hundreds of others in Commonwealth countries who held the rank of “Queen’s Counsel” became “King’s Counsel” when Queen Elizabeth died last week, instantly...