After passing Queen Elizabeth II's coffin, some mourners wiped away tears and bowed their heads as they said goodbye to the monarch.
while it lay in state inside a Parliament building Thursday and as King Charles III spent the day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.stretched to 4.4 miles , past Tower Bridge. The line snaked along the south bank of the River Thames and then over a bridge to Parliament. People in line said they didn't mind the wait.
After a day of high ceremony and high emotion on Wednesday as the queen was borne in somber procession from Buckingham Palace, the king was spending the day working and in "private reflection" at his Highgrove residence in western England. Charles has had calls with U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron and is speaking to a host of world leaders — many of whom will come to London on Monday for the queen’s funeral.
The military procession underscored Elizabeth’s seven decades as head of state as the national mourning process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital. Thousands have already paid their respects, filing past the casket draped with the royal standard and topped with a diamond-encrusted crown.
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