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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
Queen's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route

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Reuters
14 September, 2022, 09:05 am
Last modified: 14 September, 2022, 10:09 am

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Queen's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route

Reuters
14 September, 2022, 09:05 am
Last modified: 14 September, 2022, 10:09 am
Seen from the top of the Wellington Arch, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken in the Royal Hearse to Buckingham Palace in London on September 13, 2022, following her death on September 8. MARCO BERTORELLO/Pool via REUTERS
Seen from the top of the Wellington Arch, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken in the Royal Hearse to Buckingham Palace in London on September 13, 2022, following her death on September 8. MARCO BERTORELLO/Pool via REUTERS

King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy rain to mark its arrival in the British capital.

On a dark night, the well-lit hearse travelled slowly from a nearby airport through London, with crowds standing all along the route, some in the road, others throwing flowers, and many ditching their cars or running from nearby streets to catch a glimpse of the cortege.

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried off a plane by the Queen's Colour Squadron at RAF Northolt in London, to be taken to Buckingham Palace, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried off a plane by the Queen's Colour Squadron at RAF Northolt in London, to be taken to Buckingham Palace, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS

As it entered the grounds of the London palace, the police outriders who had led the way stopped to bow their heads.

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Charles, who automatically became king on the death of his mother last week, had gathered to receive the coffin along with his three siblings, two sons William and Harry, and other senior members of the royal family, a palace spokesperson said.

Elizabeth died peacefully on Thursday in her holiday home at Balmoral Castle, in the Scottish Highlands, at the age of 96, plunging the nation into 10 days of national mourning.

Image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's coffin, being returned to Buckingham Palace in London today (13/09/2022). CORPORAL REBECCA BROWN/Pool via REUTERS
Image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's coffin, being returned to Buckingham Palace in London today (13/09/2022). CORPORAL REBECCA BROWN/Pool via REUTERS

The death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to gather at royal palaces across the country to express their condolences.

Princess Anne, the queen's only daughter, travelled with the coffin, first from the remote castle at Balmoral to Edinburgh, where it was greeted by tens of thousands of mourners, and then as it was brought to London.

"It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys," Anne said in a statement. "Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting."

In Edinburgh, a party of bearers from the Royal Air Force carried the casket onto a transporter plane. A kilted honour guard from the Royal Regiment of Scotland stood with fixed bayonets as a regimental band played the national anthem as the plane began to taxi. With that, Scotland bade farewell to the queen.

The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

On Wednesday, the coffin will be taken on a gun carriage as part of a grand military procession to Westminster Hall, where a period of lying in state will begin until the funeral on Monday.

Members of the public will be allowed to walk past the coffin for 24 hours a day until the morning of the funeral, which will be attended by dozens of world leaders including US President Joe Biden.

Reconciliation

As part of the highly choreographed days of mourning, King Charles is also travelling to the four parts of the United Kingdom.

Thousands of well-wishers greeted him in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, with handshakes, smiles and warm words as he walked along lines of people crowding the streets outside Hillsborough Castle, the monarch's official residence in the province.

The visit was laden with political significance given Britain's historical record in Ireland and the more recent years of violence in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

King Charles attends a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of Queen Elizabeth II at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, September 12, 2022. Jane Barlow/Pool via REUTERS
King Charles attends a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of Queen Elizabeth II at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, September 12, 2022. Jane Barlow/Pool via REUTERS

At a ceremony at Hillsborough Castle, the acting speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alex Maskey, paid fulsome tribute to the queen.

"Queen Elizabeth was not a distant observer in the transformation and progress of relationships in, and between, these islands," said Maskey, a member of Sinn Fein, which seeks the reunification of Ireland.

"She personally demonstrated how individual acts of positive leadership can help break down barriers and encourage reconciliation," he said.

Maskey, who was interned by the authorities as an Irish Republican Army suspect in the 1970s, said Charles had already shown he understood the importance of reconciliation and was committed to it.

Crowds watch the procession of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II's Coffin To St Giles Cathedral on September 12, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. King Charles III joins the procession accompanying Her Majesty The Queen's coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse along the Royal Mile to St Giles Cathedral. The King and The Queen Consort, accompanied by other Members of the Royal Family also attend a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of The Queen where it lies in rest for 24 hours before being transferred by air to London. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS
Crowds watch the procession of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II's Coffin To St Giles Cathedral on September 12, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. King Charles III joins the procession accompanying Her Majesty The Queen's coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse along the Royal Mile to St Giles Cathedral. The King and The Queen Consort, accompanied by other Members of the Royal Family also attend a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of The Queen where it lies in rest for 24 hours before being transferred by air to London. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS

In 2011, Elizabeth became the first British monarch to visit the Irish Republic since independence from London almost a century earlier.

Although a potent symbol of the union, she made powerful gestures of reconciliation for Britain's bloody past in Ireland during the state visit, culminating in a speech in which she expressed regret for centuries of conflict.

A year after her visit to Ireland, the queen, whose cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by the IRA in 1979, shook the hand of former IRA commander and then Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness in Belfast.

It was a milestone in a peace process that largely brought an end to three decades of violence between pro-British, largely Protestant, factions and nationalists, mostly Catholic, seeking to reunite Ireland and Northern Ireland.

King Charles III and the Queen Consort meeting well wishers outside Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS
King Charles III and the Queen Consort meeting well wishers outside Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS

Charles, addressing senior politicians at the castle, said he was committed to the welfare of all the people of Northern Ireland. He also paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth.

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"My mother saw Northern Ireland pass through momentous and historic changes. Through all those years, she never ceased to pray for the best of times for this place and for its people, whose stories she knew, whose sorrows our family had felt, and for whom she had a great affection and regard," he said.

Support for Charles up

A new poll, meanwhile, showed Charles has enjoyed a surge in support since he became king.

Now 63% think he will be a good king, a rise of 24 percentage points since March, while 15% believe he will do a bad job, compared with 31% six months ago, the YouGov poll found. 

King Charles III and the Queen Consort view floral tributes left outside Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, following the death Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS
King Charles III and the Queen Consort view floral tributes left outside Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, following the death Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS

Charles had carved out a role for himself speaking out on issues from climate change to architecture, an at times controversial contrast to his mother, who kept her personal opinions hidden throughout her reign. 

Since becoming king, he has repeatedly said he would follow his mother's example.
 

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