'I felt it was really important for him to experience it up close and personal'
Paula Reilly, from Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, took her son Harrison, aged 12, to see the thousands of bouquets at Green Park.
Paula, who runs a shotgun making business, wanted her son to experience seeing the flowers after her own"overwhelming" time as a child seeing the tributes to Princess Diana in 1997. She added:"We walked up the Mall and up to Buckingham Palace. It was quite emotional. A lot of people were there. "There were flowers and Paddington Bear dolls and marmalade sandwiches. Someone even left a Superman T-shirt. I'm not sure what connection the Queen had to Superman, but everyone grieves in their own way.
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