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King Charles greets crowds in London ahead of Queen’s funeral on Monday
Final preparations are underway here at Buckingham Palace for Monday’s funeral, which will be one of the biggest gatherings of world royalty and politicians in the UK for decades.
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King and his siblings stand vigil around Queen’s coffin
The King and his brothers and sister have arrived to take their place in Westminster Hall to stand vigil around the coffin of the Queen.
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How the Queen’s soft power projected Britain around the world
The Commons Speaker is understood to have refused a request to allow a Chinese delegation to attend the Queen’s lying in state.
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Queue to see Queen’s coffin reopens amid warnings of 24-hour waits
The number of people waiting to see the Queen’s coffin lying in state got so big earlier today that, for a while, the queue along the banks of the Thames was declared closed.
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Queen consort: Who is Camilla Parker Bowles?
It’s been a punishing week for the new King as he carries out his many ceremonial obligations while also grieving his mother. But the schedule for the new Queen Consort has been equally hectic. Camilla may have had a controversial introduction into the Royal Family, but the last week has given some glimpses into why…
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The view from the queue to see the Queen lying in state
The big question then for those who are interested – how long should you be prepared to wait to see Her Majesty lie in state?
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Faith leaders join mourners queuing to see Queen lying in state
The Archbishop of Canterbury crossed the bridge to Westminster this morning to greet some of the mourners as they waited to see the Queen lying in state, along with the head of Britain’s Roman Catholics, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, and other faith leaders.
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Queen’s funeral arrangements revealed by Buckingham Palace
The Queen’s state funeral is designed to be a “fitting tribute to an extraordinary reign” – according to the Duke of Norfolk who will take charge of the occasion.
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Jamaica leads calls to become republic in wake of Queen’s death
Now King Charles III has also become head of state of 14 Commonwealth countries – nations like Jamaica.
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Queue to see Queen’s coffin ‘has become important’, says historian
The sombre scenes here today were the very definition of pomp and circumstance, as centuries of tradition were displayed and captured for the first time on thousands of mobile phones held up by the crowds lining the ceremonial route.
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Crowds mourning Queen paying respects ‘to someone they feel they knew’, says Soames
The former Conservative government minister, Sir Nicholas Soames, has been a close friend of King Charles for decades.
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Queen lying in state is ‘the ultimate ceremony,’ says shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper
We were joined by the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper from Westminster.
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‘It’s so lovely to say the last goodbye’: Tens of thousands queue to see Queen
People began taking their place in the queue to file past the Queen’s coffin from the early hours of the morning.
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Public pay respects as royal procession brings Queen’s coffin to Westminster
The Queen is now lying in state in Westminster and members of the public are queuing for miles to pay their respects.
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Queen ‘will be seen as a unifying force’, says Joan Bakewell
The journalist and broadcaster Joan Bakewell has described her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth as an anchor in a dizzying world, whose great achievement was to maintain her role as a constitutional monarch of such a diverse country as the United Kingdom.