King Charles and sons escort queen's coffin as people line up to pay respects


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla leave the Buckingham Palace, following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry, and other senior royals joined a solemn procession accompanying Queen Elizabeth's coffin as the late monarch made her final journey from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

Huge crowds gathered in central London to witness the queen being taken from the palace to parliament as artillery guns fired salutes and Big Ben tolled, the latest in a series of poignant ceremonies as the nation mourns the queen who died last week aged 96 after seven decades on the throne.

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