Updated on 09/18/2022 at 11:45 am
- 11:43 am: Ex-Archbishop: Queen didn’t want a boring funeral
- 11:06 am: ➤ Man charged after arrest in front of Queen’s coffin
- 10:37 a.m.: Local residents distribute tea and coffee at the beginning of the queue
- 09:14: John Kerry: King Charles should continue to fight for the climate
- 8:35 a.m .: King consort Camilla commemorates the late Queen
- 08:25: Around a million visitors are expected at the state funeral in London
➤ Charges after Queen Elizabeth coffin incident
After an incident at the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Charges have been brought against a 28-year-old. The man from the east of London is accused of having disturbed public order with his behavior, according to a police report on Sunday night. The man ran towards the coffin on Friday evening and was arrested as a result. He has to appear in court on Monday.
A witness told Sky News after the incident that someone pushed her seven-year-old niece out of the way, ran to the coffin and tried to lift the royal standard lying over the coffin. The police seized him “within two seconds”.
The Guardian, citing witnesses, reported that the man jumped out of the queue, managed to climb the steps and touched the coffin. The live television broadcast was suspended at the time and an exterior view of Parliament was shown instead. (dpa)
Read the other reports from September 18 about the death of Queen Elizabeth II here.
Ex-Archbishop: Queen didn’t want a boring funeral
Queen Elizabeth II didn’t want a boring funeral, according to former Archbishop of York John Sentamu. “The Queen does not and did not want what you call long, boring services,” he told the BBC.
You told him that personally. According to the broadcaster, Sentamu had been involved in planning the state funeral for 20 years. Sentamu promised a service with touching music and “angelic voices from the Abbey Choir”: “English at its best.” (dpa)
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Local residents distribute tea and coffee at the beginning of the queue
With less than 24 hours to go for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London’s Westminster Hall, hundreds of people are still queuing for miles.
In the Borough of Bermondsey, where the line is currently starting, residents distributed tea and coffee to the new arrivals on Sunday morning. According to current government information, they have to wait at least 13.5 hours – at least in dry and sunny weather.
The queue will be closed over the course of Sunday so that everyone waiting can get to the Queen’s coffin in time and say goodbye. On Monday morning at 6.30 a.m. (local time), the “lying-in-state”, as the several-day lay-out in the British Parliament in London is called, should end.
In the morning, the queen will have her state ceremony in Westminster Abbey before she is buried with her family in Windsor in the evening. (dpa)
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John Kerry: King Charles should keep fighting for the climate
The British King Charles III. should, according to US special envoy John Kerry, continue to fight for climate protection in his new role. “He’s a hugely important broker and someone who has the ability to ignite the kind of action that we need around the world right now,” the Democrat politician said in an interview with the BBC, which will be broadcast in full on Sunday should.
The fight against global warming is not a “standard problem” but a “threat to the entire planet, a threat to all of our nations,” Kerry said. King Charles III (73) have been continuously committed to the topic since a young age. “He knows the problem inside and out, forwards and backwards, and has taken a leadership role.”
As the new monarch, Charles is more committed to political neutrality than before. His late mother Queen Elizabeth II was famous for her political reticence.
It would be “fantastic” if the king could attend the next United Nations climate change conference, the US climate commissioner said. (dpa)
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Camilla on Queen Elizabeth II: “Her smile is unforgettable”
King’s wife Camilla paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in an emotional video message. “She was always part of our lives,” said the wife of Britain’s new King Charles III. in a recorded video message quoted by the British PA news agency before it was broadcast. She is now 75 and can’t remember anyone else at the top, Camilla said.
“She had these beautiful blue eyes that lit up her whole face when she smiled,” Camilla said of the Queen. “I will always remember her smile. Her smile is unforgettable.”
Camilla’s new title is “Queen Consort”. For her 70th anniversary of the throne, Queen Elizabeth II had decided this herself, ending a year-long debate about Camilla’s title after her death.
According to the PA, Camilla is expected to be present at the coronation of Charles III. will also be crowned. No date has yet been set for the ceremony.Camilla’s video message is scheduled to be broadcast in full on the BBC on Sunday evening, just before a national minute’s silence at 8pm local time. (dpa)
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Around a million visitors are expected at the state funeral in London
The British capital is gearing up for a logistical peak performance: the Transport for London (TfL) authority is expecting around one million visitors to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday.
Their boss Andy Byford told the PA news agency: “We are prepared for one of the busiest days Transport for London has ever seen. It’s difficult to say exactly how many additional people will travel, but we are putting the number at a potential million people in.”
Employees from all parts of the organization worked to ensure that visitors could get around the city. The state funeral begins Monday at 12:00 p.m. (CEST) at Westminster Abbey.
The chairman of the rail network operator Network Rail, Peter Hendy, warned of “extremely busy” trains. “This is the largest public transport deployment since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.” We work closely with all train operators.
According to the information, around 250 additional train connections will operate on Monday – including some night trains. Planned motorway closures across England are also being suspended to minimize the risk of congestion on the transport network on Monday afternoon when visitors leave the capital. (dpa)
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