Tearful mourners remember lost loved ones as queen's coffin taken through Edinburgh

Record ID: 1688732

  • Title: Tearful mourners remember lost loved ones as queen's coffin taken through Edinburgh
  • Date: 12th September 2022
  • Summary: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 12, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROCESSION CARRYING COFFIN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH PEOPLE LOOKING ON HEARSE CARRYING COFFIN GOING PAST KING CHARLES AND PRINCESS ANNE WALKING BEHIND HEARSE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROMANIAN WHO LIVES IN SCOTLAND, ARGENTINA (SURNAME NOT KNOWN), SAYING: "For me, this year unfortunately I lost another two people close to my heart, so for me this is a very, very big moment and I can't find my words, it's, I'm so sorry. It's, I don't know, I am 47 years old, all my life I heard about this amazing woman, I am not from here I am from far away from here but for me, it is not just your queen, it is my queen as well." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, ELLEN BRENNAN, SAYING: "You can't help but think of people that you've lost. I had a mother and father that were the same age and I lost them two years ago, so, lots of other unrelated emotions come out too. But, I am very happy to have been here and I am happy for her that she died in Scotland, where she loved." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, AUDREY LOY, SAYING: "(WIPING TEARS) It was eerie, it was eerily quiet, I think we all agreed it was eerily quiet but it was nice. I am not sure I liked the clapping either afterwards, I would have preferred it to just stay silent, I think, just out of respect today. It was nice, but I just feel for her children. I've lost both my parents, not easy. But when you're in the limelight like they are and you don't have time to grieve privately, quietly - very hard, very hard." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, GRAHAM MORRISON, SAYING: "It was a very sombre and very poignant occasion, I thought it was an excellent ceremonial but it was very, very sad." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, JODIE GOURLAY (HUGGING HER GRANDMOTHER VERONIKA), SAYING: "Oh, yeah. I love the Queen, like always have. I was really upset when she died. I found it was so, like, so many people my age don't fully appreciate how much she has done for the country and how hard she has worked. I found her such an inspiration. And I'd love to be half the woman she was some day." PEOPLE LEAVING AFTER PROCESSION
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2022 15:41
  • Keywords: Edinburgh Queen Elizabeth coffin procession voxpops
  • Location: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Royals
  • Reuters ID: LVA001474412092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth was taken along the Royal Mile in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Monday (September 12) in a silent and solemn procession watched by thousands of people lining the street to pay their respects to Britain's longest serving monarch.
    As the procession continued its journey to St Giles' Cathedral, people who had gathered to pay their respects were tearful and emotional. Many of them who said they had lost family members of their own mourned the loss.
    "You can't help but think of people that you've lost. I had a mother and father that were the same age and I lost them two years ago, so, lots of other unrelated emotions come out too. But, I am very happy to have been here and I am happy for her that she died in Scotland, where she loved,” said mourner Ellen Brennan, who had come to watch the procession.
    “I just feel for her children. I've lost both my parents, not easy. But when you're in the limelight like they are and you don't have time to grieve privately, quietly - very hard, very hard," said Audrey Loy, another mourner.
    Jodie Gourlay embraced her grandmother Veronika for comfort.
    “I found her such an inspiration. I'd love to be half the woman she was some day," Gourlay said.
    The coffin will lie in St Giles' Cathedral for an overnight vigil before being flown to London on Tuesday (September 13).
    (Production: Marco Trujillo, Tanya Wood, Emily Roe)
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