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 […]
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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 […]
Public will be able to pay their respects to the Queen in St Giles Cathedral in the Scottish capital on Monday Labour will go ahead with its autumn conference later this month, as officials, advisers and politicians from all parties attempt to balance paying their respects to the Queen with […]
Thousands turn out to pay respects to late monarch, while a minority of republicans make themselves heard Death of Queen Elizabeth and accession of King Charles – latest updates There were loud cheers, whoops and generous applause as the Queen’s cortege made its way down the cobblestoned Royal Mile in […]
The Queen’s coffin will be borne to Westminster Hall for people to pay their respects before the state funeral on Monday 19 September Death of Queen Elizabeth and accession of King Charles – latest updates Details have been published on how the public can attend the Queen’s lying in state, […]
Spokesperson says PM is merely attending services and never intended to do walkabouts with new monarch Death of Queen Elizabeth and accession of King Charles – latest updates No 10 moved to pour cold water on reports of a proposed tour of the UK nations by Liz Truss with King […]
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin left Balmoral to travel through Scottish towns and villages and on to Edinburgh Mourning for the Queen – latest updates Continue reading…