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Britain, world leaders and royalty from throughout the globe have bid a remaining farewell to Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral in London.
The queen, who reigned for 70 years after the dying of her father, King George VI, in 1952, died at Balmoral in Scotland on September 8 on the age of 96.
Her funeral caps 10 days of nationwide mourning within the UK, together with 4 days of the queen mendacity in state at London’s historic Westminster Corridor. Lots of of 1000’s of individuals queued for miles to pay their remaining respects.
Monday’s state funeral, which was anticipated to be watched by hundreds of thousands worldwide, passed off at Westminster Abbey earlier than the queen was taken to her burial place at Windsor Fort.
Reporting by Chad Bray in London.