Coffin received by her family in a private ceremony ahead of official lying in state at Westminster Hall Queen Elizabeth II made a final journey home to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night as her coffin was received by her family in a small private ceremony before being handed back to […]
Month: September 2022
Exclusive: Employees said to be livid and shaken as up to 100 Clarence House employees told they could lose jobs Dozens of Clarence House staff have been given notice of their redundancy as the offices of King Charles and the Queen Consort move to Buckingham Palace after the death of […]
After being delivered from Edinburgh, the Queen’s coffin was met by hushed crowds under a darkening sky in the capital She landed at RAF Northolt shortly before 7pm under a heavy sky. The light was fading fast. Seven decades ago, stepping out on to the tarmac of another west London […]
Plans show 1,000 volunteers will help manage queue, which may be closed if numbers become too great Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first […]
Monarch to be accompanied by sons on walk from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall lying-in-state venue The King will be joined by his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex as they walk behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to where she will lie in state. Charles, […]
Service of thanksgiving at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh pulses with history as nation pays its respects Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updates The people of Scotland, from prime ministers to benefit claimants, have said an emotional goodbye to their Queen as her coffin was […]
Simon Armitage’s poem, which spells out the late monarch’s name acrostically, pays homage to ‘a promise made and kept for life’ Floral Tribute, a poem for the Queen by Simon Armitage The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has released a poem to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Floral Tribute, […]
Series of incidents in Edinburgh, London and Oxford include woman being charged after protest outside St Giles’ Cathedral Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updates Civil liberties campaigners and others have expressed alarm about the response of police to anti-monarchy protesters after a number of incidents, […]
Vanessa Nanthakumaran is one of the first in line to thank the Queen for her service during her lying in state in London Vanessa Nanthakumaran never expected to be first in line of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue in London in the coming days for the […]
During a motion of condolence, Nicola Sturgeon said the Queen’s death was a moment of ‘profound sorrow’ for many Scots Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updates King Charles III has pledged he will “seek always the welfare of our country” as he addressed Scotland’s nationalist-led […]