The queen’s coffin will be brought to London, where she will lie in state before a funeral at Westminster Abbey, expected around Sept. He is expected to tour the United Kingdom in the coming days. The widespread admiration for Elizabeth in Britain and across its former colonies was occasionally mixed with scorn for the institution and the imperial history she symbolized.Ĭharles, who became the monarch immediately upon his mother’s death, will be formally proclaimed king at a ceremony on Saturday. In London and at military sites across the United Kingdom, cannons fired 96 shots in an elaborate, 16-minute salute marking each year of the queen’s life. They included Prime Minister Liz Truss and officials in her government, along with hundreds of members of the public who lined up for tickets.Īs the country began a 10-day mourning period, people around the globe gathered at British embassies to pay homage to the queen, who died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after an unprecedented 70 years on the throne. Paul’s Cathedral, where some 2,000 people attended a service of remembrance for the queen.
The king's speech was broadcast on television and streamed at St. “As the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I, too, now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation," he said. “That promise of lifelong service I renew to all today,” he said in the 9 1/2-minute address, recorded earlier in the day and delivered with a framed photo of the queen on a desk in front of him.
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