Daily Express reports that one of remarkable significance was that Princes William and Harry have been reunited for the Queen's funeral. Prince William, the next in line to the throne, entered Westminster Abbey side by side with his eldest son, George.
Britain has begun the final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II in a grand state funeral, with dozens of world leaders and royalties from Europe to Lesotho and Japan to be among the 2,000 people attending the funeral at Westminster Abbey in central London.
Daily Express reports that one of remarkable significance was that Princes William and Harry have been reunited for the Queen's funeral. Prince William, the next in line to the throne, entered Westminster Abbey side by side with his eldest son, George.
The paper reports that royalties around the world were present for the Queen's burial and among them is the Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
The first part of the names includes Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan; King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands; King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain.
Others are Juan Carlos I, former King of Spain, and his wife Sofia; King Philip and Queen Mathilde of Belgium; King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden; King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway.
The public viewing of the queen’s coffin draped in the royal standard with the imperial crown, orb and sceptre on it, which ended 6:30 am (05:30 GMT) on Monday morning had since been followed by the funeral.
Al Jazeera reports that hundreds of thousands of people had queued for hours to file past the oak coffin during the four days it lay in state. The estimated waiting time peaked at more than 25 hours early on Saturday and was eventually closed to newcomers on Sunday.
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Emperor Naruhito, and United States President Joe Biden joined those paying respects to Britain’s longest-serving monarch during the last day of the official lying-in-state at the 900-year-old Westminster Hall.
“You were fortunate to have had her for 70 years. We all were,” President Biden said, describing the queen as “decent, honourable, and all about service”.
Britain held a moment of silence on Sunday evening in honour of Queen Elizabeth.
King Charles III said he and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, had been “so deeply touched” by messages of condolence and support from Britain and around the world following the death of his mother.
“We were moved beyond measure by everyone who took the trouble to come and pay their respects to the lifelong service of my dear mother, The late Queen,” he said in a statement.
The state funeral commenced shortly before 11 am (10:00 GMT) when the queen’s coffin was placed on a gun carriage and pulled by 142 Royal Navy sailors to the abbey, the finale of 10 days of national mourning for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
The procession was led by some 200 pipers and drummers. King Charles, his siblings and sons Princes William and Harry and other members of the royal family walked behind the coffin.