Anna Turner, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, joined thousands of people in paying their respects to Her Majesty Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall.
The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner, laying flowers in tribute to the Queen at Shrewsbury Castle
She said:"I went to the lying in state yesterday and the feeling and the mood in London is surreal, it is so quiet and people are very calm, just queuing and walking. I was so glad that I had been and it was a very different feeling going in and paying your respects. She added:"It is a very solemn, sombre and emotional moment and there were a lot of tears and feeling as people pay their respects."
She said:"In the night I woke up to hear a drum beating at 3am and then music started and it was a full dress rehearsal on The Mall. I shoved some clothes on and got out there and in the pitch black I witnessed a full dress rehearsal, and I was so glad the drums had woken me up to see it."
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