Crowds lining London streets say Queen's funeral was more moving than they could have imagined 💬 “It gave me a sense of enormous pride, and to see the Queen go past was even more moving than I thought it would be.”
to the hundreds of thousands lining the streets on loud speakers, the mood among the crowds was upbeat.
For those who had camped out overnight by the side of the road, or left home before dawn to bag a spot to view this momentous Royal occasion – it was all worth it. “Some pomp and circumstance, we’re just the best at that,” Mr Gilchrist said. “It gave me a sense of enormous pride, and to see the Queen go past was even more moving than I thought it would be.”Claire and Matt Rees and their children Alice and Charlie, left home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, at 5.30am.
As the Archbishop of Canterbury began to speak, the soft cloud that had cossetted the masses since early morning broke, and the sun shone for the first time. At 12.20pm the four female mounted police officers moved forward. Directly behind them, two men and two women from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police followed. The sounds of hooves alerted those ahead that the procession was about to begin.
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