Crowds applaud as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin travels in procession towards Buckingham Palace
Veterans Gareth Jones from Swansea and Dave Cartwright from Exeter have not seen each other for 21 years but have reunited to pay tribute to the Queen.“When we heard she had died we just knew we had to be here and so we arranged to meet”, says Gareth.
“We missed out in getting in to Westminster Hall by about five minutes, so we had to come to Whitehall to say goodbye to the boss."Dave was seriously injured by an explosion in 2010 and met the Queen six years later at Windsor Castle. “When she spoke to you it was like no-one else mattered. She was small in stature - it was like talking to your granny - but she had this huge presence. We’ll miss her so much.”
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