The youngest ever Lord Mayor of Westminster says he feels honoured and privileged to be attending the Queen's funeral. Cllr Hamza_Taouzzale says he wants to represent people from different backgrounds. 📲 More here:
The ceremony at Westminster Abbey has a capacity for about 2,200 people.
Mr Taouzzale grew up on a council estate in Lisson Grove and says he feels incredibly lucky to be attending a moment in history."I'm humbled to be alongside various heads of states, emperors, presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens all coming to pay their respects. "I am going to be there on a world stage, presidents, kings and I want to represent young people and my local community."I never saw it coming if you asked me four or five months ago."Mr Taouzzale has met the King twice, at the Queen's Jubilee and at an event ahead of Notting Hill CarnivalHe said these events had been particularly personal as his grandfather lived at Buckingham Palace for nearly 30 years while working as a porter.
"When I was six or seven he took me in once and walked me through the corridors and his living quarters. "The only thing I remember him saying to me - because I was quite young - was that [the Queen] was a nice person. He'd never seen her shout, never see her tell anyone off or get angry or shrug her shoulders. He said whenever he saw her, she seemed quite happy, quite nice, a friendly person."Many, many years later I was invited to Buckingham Palace to attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations and there I met three future kings, Princes Charles, William, and George.
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