The world watches as our Queen laid to rest after moving service
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin has been lowered into a vault at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, after a day of inimitable pageantry that drew world leaders to her funeral and huge crowds to the streets to say farewell to a revered monarch.
7News.com.au reports hundreds of thousands of well-wishers lined the route her hearse took from London, throwing flowers, cheering and clapping as it passed from the city to the English countryside that she so loved much.
The website reported many more had crammed into the capital to witness the procession and funeral, in a moving tribute to the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch who won global respect during 70 years on the throne.
Inside the majestic Westminster Abbey where the funeral was held, 500 presidents, prime ministers, foreign royal family members and dignitaries, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, were among the 2000-strong congregation.
Later the attention switched to St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where 800 guests attended a committal service ahead of her burial.
It concluded with the crown, orb and sceptre - symbols of the monarch’s power and governance - being removed from the coffin and placed on the altar
Read the full report, see the videos, here: https://7news.com.au/entertainment/queen-elizabeth-ii/queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-time-for-australia-how-to-watch-who-will-be-attending-and-everything-you-need-to-know-c-8286492
Photo: Denbighshire Free Press
