Princes William and Harry stood at either end of the coffin of their grandmother Queen Elizabeth, their heads bowed as mourners streamed past the late monarch lying in state
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William and Harry were joined by their six cousins, including Princess Beatrice and Eugenie who earlier paid tribute to Britain's longest-reigning monarch. The queen died on Sept. 8 at her summer estate in the Scottish highlands, aged 96."You were our matriarch, our guide, our loving hand on our backs leading us through this world," said the sisters, daughters of Prince Andrew. "You taught us so much and we will cherish those lessons and memories forever.
Earlier on Saturday, Charles and his heir William shook hands and greeted well-wishers in the queue, asking people how long they had been there and whether they were warm enough. "She wouldn't believe all this, she really wouldn't," William was heard telling one man of the late queen, who came to the throne in 1952."It's amazing."
Underscoring the risks, police said one man had been detained and arrested after a witness told Sky News he "ran up to the queen's coffin". Footage showed a man being pinned to the ground by police officers and taken away. New friendships, acts of kindness and the struggles of standing in line for hours, sometimes in the cold overnight, have come to define what has become known as just "the queue".
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