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The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, escorted by members of the royal family, arrived at Westminster Hall on Wednesday. She will lie in state for four days before her funeral on Sept. 19. Photo ...
The 1993 lying-in-state of Baudouin of Belgium, the last monarch of a major European state to die in office, attracted 500,000 mourners with a queue of up to 14 hours. [7] The lying-in-state of Juliana of the Netherlands in 2004 saw 50,000 mourners with a wait of up to 2 hours – Juliana had abdicated in 1980 and was no longer reigning. [8]
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Upon the arrival of the Queen's coffin in London, it was transported to Buckingham Palace, before being moved to Westminster Hall the following day for her lying-in-state before the state funeral. When the Queen arrived at RAF Northolt the Queen's Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) assumed the role of the Bearer Party and formed the ...
The Queen has left Buckingham Palace for the final time, with the King and the royal family walking behind her coffin in solemn procession to the lying in state.
In the United States of America, "lying in state" is generally considered to be when one's body is placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. [citation needed] When the deceased person is placed in another location, like the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, they lie in repose, as was the case following the deaths of Justices Antonin Scalia in February 2016, [2] Ruth Bader Ginsburg in ...
Up to 400,000 people are expected to brave a 12-hour wait on the banks of the Thames to pay their respects to the Queen as she lies in state in Westminster ahead of her funeral on Monday ...
The royal family escorted Queen Elizabeth II's coffin to Westminster Hall as mourners lined up to pay their respects. CBS News' Lana Zak is outside Buckingham Palace with the latest.