A MAN rushed towards the Queen’s coffin and grabbed the flag last night as shocked mourners looked on. Horrified mourners watched on as the yob leapt over the aisle and grabbed the Royal Standard w…
One witness told The Sun: “We thought someone had fainted and then we heard someone shriek.“They picked up the bottom and wafted it, almost to see what was underneath. It happened so fast.”
They also said the disturbing scene was "extremely upsetting" to watch, adding: “It’s such disrespect to the body. Just not what you thought you would ever see." Another witness, Tracey Holland, said her seven-year-old niece was in the firing line as the man took his chance.She said: “Some person decided they were going to push my [seven-year-old niece] out the way, run up to the coffin, lift up the standard and try to do I don’t know what.“Terrible, absolutely terrible, so disrespectful and unbelievable - and this poor little seven-year-old child, this is her lasting memory of the Queen.
Another mourner, who did not wish to be named, described members of the public "hysterically crying" and "shaking" after the horror intrusion.
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