- Title: CITYSHOTS: London, Windsor in mourning ahead of Queen's funeral
- Date: 15th September 2022
- Summary: SIGN READING: "In Memoriam Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - 1926-2022" / SIGN COMMEMORATING QUEEN ELIZABETH HANDBAG IN STORE WINDOW / PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
- Embargoed: 29th September 2022 16:44
- Keywords: City Shots London Queen Windsor
- Location: LONDON AND WINDSOR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON AND WINDSOR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Royals
- Reuters ID: LVA004560615092022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Store fronts in the shopping area of central London paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth on Thursday (September 15) ahead of her funeral by displaying floral arrangements, photographs and commemorative messages in their windows.
Street stalls were also marking the occasion by selling memorabilia, alongside a photograph of the queen with 'R.I.P' written on it.
The body of the queen is now lying in state in London's ancient Westminster Hall, where tens of thousands are waiting patiently in line to pay their final respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
After the lying in state ends early on Monday morning (September 19), the coffin will be carried onto the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy where 142 naval service personnel will pull it to Westminster Abbey, the same church where Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, for the funeral.
The body will then be taken on the gun carriage in a large procession, with Charles and members of the royal family walking behind, from the Abbey to the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner. Guns will fire and parliament's Big Ben bell will toll every minute.
The state hearse will then convey the coffin to Windsor Castle where there will be a further solemn procession before a service at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel.
In a later private ceremony, Elizabeth will be buried with Philip at the King George VI Memorial Chapel where her parents and sister, Princess Margaret were also laid to rest.
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