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Top StoriesThe Life and Death of Queen Elizabeth
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Top StoriesThe Queen’s Queue: A Portrait of Our Times
Top StoriesThousands Track ‘mother of All Queues’ for Queen Elizabeth Online
King Charles to Host World Leaders Ahead of Queen’s Funeral
Date: September 15, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Presidents, prime ministers and monarchs from around the world will travel to London over the weekend to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth and attend a reception at Buckingham Palace to be hosted by King Charles the day before her funeral. U.S. President Joe Biden and French...
‘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...
Plane Carrying Coffin of Queen Elizabeth Lands in London
Date: September 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – A plane carrying the body of Queen Elizabeth landed at a royal airforce base in west London on Tuesday, as the coffin heads to Buckingham Palace before lying in state in parliament from Wednesday. The plane landed at RAF Northolt, where Prime Minister Liz Truss and Defence Minister Ben Wallace were among...
‘Once in a Lifetime Event’: London Queues to Pay Respects to Queen Elizabeth
Date: September 13, 2022
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Mourners in London are preparing for a long and arduous wait before they can pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth in person, as a queue expected to stretch for miles through the capital began to form on Tuesday. A small group of people lined up near Lambeth...
London Flight, Hotel Fares Surge Ahead of Queen’s Funeral
Date: September 13, 2022
By Muhammed Husain and Chandini Monnappa (Reuters) – Hotel prices in London and airfares to the British capital are soaring as hundreds of thousands of people flock there ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, potentially providing some respite to the city’s tourism business amid economic woes. The death of the queen, 96, on Sept....
Locked in a Safe Somewhere in London: Over 30 Sealed Royal Wills
Date: September 13, 2022
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – The will of Queen Elizabeth II, if the public could see it, would provide rare insights into the late monarch’s wealth, but unlike those of ordinary British citizens hers will be sealed and locked in a safe for at least 90 years. The practice of sealing the wills of...