The new King Charles III has announced national mourning today, which will continue until the end of the day of the Queen’s funeral with head of state honours.
National mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced today by the new King Charles III, which will continue until the end of the day of the Queen’s funeral with head of state honors.
At 15.00 Greek time London was rocked by 96 cannon shots, one for every year that Elizabeth lived.
Thousands of people have watched a procession of 71 horses gallop into position for the Queen’s Death Gun Salute at Hyde Park in central London pic.twitter.com/i0Hb6Ob2hn
— World News 24 (@DailyWorld24) September 9, 2022
Church bells rang out across the UK today in honor of the Queen, who died on Thursday aged 96 after 70 years on the throne.
The bell of the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London will be rung ahead of today’s gun salute for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. pic.twitter.com/SRR7oWMvjW
— The Tower of London (@TowerOfLondon) September 9, 2022
The bells of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, as well as those of Windsor Tower, began tolling while the new King Charles III was on his way to London from his Balmoral residence in Scotland.
Members of the Honorable Artillery Company will fire a gun salute today (September 9) at 1pm from the wharf at the Tower of London, in honor of Queen Elizabeth II upon her passing yesterday.
Gun salutes will be fired around the UK and overseas to mark the death of the Queen. pic.twitter.com/36EP4EiEir
— Tower Hamlets Council (@TowerHamletsNow) September 9, 2022
Elizabeth’s funeral at Westminster Abbey is expected to take place around ten days after her death, around September 19. He will then be buried in Windsor Castle Chapel.
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