LONDON ¨C Mourners from all walks of life filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II through the night as she lay in state in London¡¯s ancient Westminster Hall, paying their final respects to Britain¡¯s longest-reigning monarch before her funeral on Monday.
After days of processions and ritual as the queen¡¯s body was brought to London from Balmoral, Scotland, where she died last Thursday at the age of 96, this was the opportunity for ordinary people to take a direct part in a ceremony. Many were in tears as they passed by the flag-draped coffin.
Officials expect some 750,000 people to view it before the lying in state ends at on Monday.
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