A steady stream of mourners have poured down the Long Walk to the gates of Windsor Castle to pay their respects
For many locals she was not just the Queen, she was their neighbour. Alice, an 83-year-old who has spent 14 years in Windsor, after leaving Denmark for Britain in the 1970s, said: “It was such an honour to have the Queen as my next-door neighbour.
“When I was in my last year at school in 1953, it was the coronation, and I was head girl so was given a place to stand by Big Ben with some other school children,” she said. At first she refused to believe it was possible. “I thought it was a hoax, I did. I had this telephone call saying that I had been nominated to carry the torch. Julie [her daughter] came home and I said this is a hoax.“Then it got to 9pm and it got the better of me, so I rang the number. It turns out the Queen wasn’t going to be here for the relay, then all of a sudden she was, and they needed someone extra. I was shocked.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Eight Leeds gems you might walk right pastThey are the gems which are at risk of being ignored with the daily hussle and bussle of daily life in Leeds 💎
Read more »
Study estimates prevalence of long-COVID with variant BA.5 in the U.S.A new survey by City University of New York School of Public Health researchers and posted to the medRxiv * preprint server suggests the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
Read more »
Is This The Reason For The Long Pauses In Liz Truss’ Speeches?The new PM has already been dubbed Liz 'Pause for Applause' Truss. Read more on Grazia.
Read more »
Heavy traffic on M1 after crash causes long delays - recapThere is heavy traffic on the northbound M1 following a crash , which has closed two lanes.
Read more »