When advertising was paused, visitors and tourists at Piccadilly Circus interacted beneath a color image of Queen Elizabeth II displayed on a large-scale promotional screen the day after her death on the 9th. September 2022 in London, UK.
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US President Joe Biden is expected to visit Queen Elizabeth’s coffin in London on Sunday, joining hundreds of thousands of people who visited the late British king while she was in office.
Biden will then join King Charles and many other world leaders and royals from around the world for a reception ahead of a large state funeral for Elizabeth on Monday.
Elizabeth’s body has been lying undisturbed in historic Westminster Hall since Wednesday, and people from all walks of life and from all over the world have poured in in a constant stream of emotions, many lined up. queues overnight and some queues last up to 24 hours.
“Her legacy will be imprinted in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world,” Biden said in a message following the Queen’s death on September 8.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who were seen bowing before the coffin, paid their respects.
England held a series of carefully choreographed solemn ceremonies in the 10 days after Elizabeth’s death, reflecting the traditions and customs of the British royal family whose lineage spans nearly 1,000 years.
‘Our matriarch’
On Saturday evening, the queen’s eight grandchildren, including Charles’ sons Princes William and Harry, held a solemn ceremony by her casket, following a similar ceremony by her children. on the previous day.
Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, daughter of Prince Andrew, second son of the Queen and Duke of York, said: “You are our matriarch, our guide, the loving hand on back to guide us around the world.”
“Goodbye dear grandma, it’s been an honor in our lives to be your granddaughter and we are so proud of you.”
Then on Sunday, a minute of national silence will be held at 8pm (1900 GMT).
The British royal family and government are currently heading for Monday’s funeral at Westminster Abbey, where the coronations, weddings and burials of English kings and queens were held, then William I’s in 1066. .
The London Police Force described the ceremony as the largest security operation they have ever carried out.
Around 500 guests representing nearly 200 countries and territories will attend – presidents, prime ministers, kings, queens and monarchs among them – and huge crowds are expected to gather on the Street.
Britain has not held a state funeral on the scale planned for the queen since then for World War II leader Winston Churchill.
The government said large screens to watch the ceremony would be set up in Hyde Park in London and in cities around the country. The funeral will also be televised live by three television stations.
Television ratings service Overnights.TV estimates that on the BBC and other news channels, some 33 million people in the UK were watching on the day of her death.
It was a desire to pay tribute to the famous monarch, the only person most Britons know since her accession to the throne in 1952, tens of thousands of people have waited patiently in a long line. along the Thames to spend a few brief seconds beside her coffin.
By the time her lying status ended Monday, officials estimated that about 750,000 people had previously filed.
“She won’t believe all this, she really won’t,” Prince William said as he and his father Charles, the new king, spoke to people waiting in line. “Surprised.”
