“This was a day of controlled grief, with a sense of the unsought inevitable”: Rebeccamead_NYC writes about the sober mood outside the Royal Palace following the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
After a long, arid summer in Britain, during which the green expanses of London’s Royal Parks became bleached and desiccated, the first week of September brought a sudden change in the season, with the onset of heavy downpours by day, and nights rent by thunderstorms.
Police officers outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, where mourners placed bouquets on Thursday after the announcement of the Queen’s death. Thursday night, beneath black umbrellas defending against heavy showers, a steady stream of visitors had crossed the dark pathways of Green Park to the gates of the Palace, almost in silence. By Friday morning, the clouds were lighter, and the crowds of onlookers in Central London denser. The queue on Constitution Hill moved briskly. Visitors watched the passage of gleaming black horses and mounted soldiers from the Household Cavalry.
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