London, Sep 19 (EFE) .- The funeral procession of Elizabeth II advances this Monday through central London after the state funeral at Westminster Abbey, which was held with all the solemnity and pomp to honor the queen, Died on the 8th at the age of 96.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police led Elizabeth II’s funeral procession out of Westminster Abbey. After determining her funeral at this place, they were on their way to Wellington’s Arch, where her remains will be transferred to a hearse to take her to Windsor Castle, outside London.
After listening to the national anthem “God save the King”, with which the religious service concluded, the sovereign’s coffin, placed on a Navy gun carriage, was pulled by more than a hundred sailors to the sound of the bagpipes of Scottish and Irish regiments. , who wore their colorful ceremonial outfits.
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The coffin left the temple at 12:15 (11:15 GMT) towards Wellington Arch, in the southeast corner of Hyde Park, while Big Ben, the famous bell in the tower of the Palace of Westminster, rang at minute intervals during the procession.
In this march also paraded members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom and countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth), representatives of the British police and the public health service (NHS, in English).
Charles III walked along with other members of the royal family, while the queen consort, Camilla, the Princess of Wales, Catherine, and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, followed the procession by car.
On a slightly sunny day in the British capital, thousands of people have been placed on both sides of the procession route, in an atmosphere of profound silence.
Once in Windsor, the procession on foot will cover the 5 kilometers of the Long Walk, the characteristic tree-lined avenue that leads to the royal residence.
