LONDON – Park officials outside Buckingham Palace have asked people to stop leaving marmalade sandwiches in honor of Queen Elizabeth II due to the “negative impact on the park’s wildlife”.
Some mourners left snacks alongside flowers in Buckingham Palace and the adjacent green garden. The sandwiches are a reference to a comic sketch featuring the Queen and an animatronic Paddington Bear that was filmed for the late King Platinum Jubilee earlier this year.
In the video, the Queen said she loves marmalade sandwiches like a Paddington Bear and hides them in her bag “for later”.
On Monday, Royal Parks said people should not leave out snacks but could leave out teddy bears and other items if they wish.
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Other developments:
Edinburgh, Scotland – St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh has opened to members of the public who wish to pay their last homage to Queen Elizabeth II, whose coffin lies inside.
The Scottish government warns that queuing and waiting times are expected to be long, with possibly hours of standing. Visitors can leave the line to use the restrooms.
Authorities have introduced airport-style security measures, banning people from taking any large bags, sharp objects, food or liquids inside the cathedral.
Similar crowds are expected in London, where the coffin can be visited on Wednesday.
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Edinburgh, Scotland – Four members of the Royal Company of Archers stand in vigil over the flag-covered coffin of Queen Elizabeth II at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
They are of remarkable presence, wearing hats called “Balmoral’s bonnet” adorned with a single eagle feather. Each of them carries a wooden bow and a quiver of arrows.
The company, which officially serves as the bodyguard of the British Dominion in Scotland, is a shooting club founded in 1676, according to the royal website.
Membership in the Ceremonial Company is done by election — members must be Scottish or have a “strong Scottish connection,” the site says.
Steeped in history, the company enjoys “permanent access” to public sites including “the plains and pastures legally designated for archery,” in return for offering the King’s three barbed darts upon request.
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A line has already begun to form to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin when she was in state in London, although it won’t start until Wednesday evening.
Security staff are preparing for millions of people to pay their respects to the late Queen, whose coffin will be in London’s Westminster Hall until her state funeral on September 19.
Vanessa Natakumaran, 56, traveled on Monday from Harrow, near London, to Lambeth Bridge in central London, where the line’s entrance is expected to be constructed.
“I really want to be a part of it,” said Nathakumaran, who is originally from Sri Lanka – a country called Ceylon and really ruled by Britain.
The line is expected to extend from Parliament along the bank of the River Thames.
Officials advised travelers in the city to change their work patterns as London is expected to be very busy in the coming days.
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Edinburgh, Scotland – A memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II has ended at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, and members of the public will soon be allowed in to pay their respects.
The sarcophagus, above which the crown of Scotland is placed on a cushion, is set to remain in the 12th-century cathedral until Tuesday.
Thousands lined the path of the march through the Scottish capital’s old town to the cathedral, where the former king’s children – including new King Charles III – walked behind the funeral.
The memorial service featured Karen Matheson’s singing of Psalm 118 in Gaelic, with harp accompaniment, and a reading from Ecclesiastes by the Scottish Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
The congregation sang the Hymns of the Lord, said to be one of the Queen’s favorite hymns.
Members of the royal family were holding a vigil near the coffin in the evening.
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Edinburgh, Scotland – The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II has arrived at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a memorial service.
A dome containing the sarcophagus presided over Monday’s procession through the Scottish capital’s Old Town. Thousands of people lined the street known as the Royal Mile, which connects Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
St Giles’ Cathedral, founded in the 1130s, holds a mass for thanksgiving.
After that, members of the public will be allowed into the sarcophagus. Some have been waiting since dawn today.
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Edinburgh, Scotland – Children of Queen Elizabeth II take their mother’s casket in a procession through the Scottish capital.
Military bagpipes played mournful music as the coffin, encased in the royal standard, was taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh and placed in a niche on Monday.
King Charles III, dressed in army uniform, and his brothers Princes Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were walking behind the funeral as the procession slowly moved towards St Giles’ Cathedral.
Surrounding the session are a group of personnel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a detachment of the King’s Bodyguard of Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.
The coffin will remain in the cathedral until Tuesday so members of the public can pay their respects.
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LONDON – A plane carrying King Charles has landed in Edinburgh, where the new king is due to take the coffin of his late mother in a procession in the heart of the Scottish capital.
On Monday, the procession will carry the former king’s coffin to a cathedral, where it will remain for 24 hours to allow the public to pay their last respects.
Rows of those waiting for the file in front of the coffin at St Giles’ Cathedral began to form at dawn.
Charles traveled to Scotland after earlier receiving condolences from both houses of the British Parliament.
He told lawmakers he would follow his late mother’s example in “altruistic duty.”
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LONDON – Britain observes a nationwide minute of silence on Sunday, the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
The British government says the “reflection moment” will take place at 8pm (1900 GMT).
People are encouraged to celebrate silence at home or at community events.
The Queen’s funeral will be held next Monday in Westminster Abbey.
Britain’s monarch for the past 70 years died Thursday in Scotland at the age of 96.
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LONDON – King Charles and his wife Camilla, the Queen consort, have boarded a flight to Edinburgh where the new king will participate in a procession carrying the coffin of his late mother to St Giles’ Cathedral.
RAF Northolt departed on the outskirts of London for a flight to Edinburgh Airport on Monday.
In the Scottish capital, Charles and Camilla were due to go to the Palace of Holyroodhouse where Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lay all night. She got there after a six-hour trek into the heart of a summer retreat to the Queen’s beloved Balmoral Castle, where the 96-year-old king passed away on Thursday.
The royal couple are due to attend a mass to commemorate the Queen, visit the Scottish Parliament and meet senior officials.
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A 100-year-old British woman said she received a telegram of congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II the day after the king’s death.
Gwendolyn Hoare read the telegram in a recording her family shared with the BBC and aired on Monday.
She said it made her “very tearful” and added, “I’m mine… old-fashioned.”
Hoare’s niece, Sue Beckett, posted a message on the BBC’s website compiling words of thanks to the late Queen. She said the telegram arrived on Friday, the day before her aunt’s 100th birthday, and a day after the 96-year-old died at her Balmoral home in Scotland.
“For decades, I have talked about receiving a telegram from the Queen and was very sad to hear the news…but her telegram arrived (on Friday) and she was ecstatic,” Beckett wrote.
The British monarch usually sends a telegram of congratulations to citizens who have reached the age of 100.
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LONDON – King Charles III addressed lawmakers in the British Parliament: “I can’t help but feel the weight of history that surrounds us.”
Charles told members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords that he would follow his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, in upholding the “precious principles of constitutional government” that underpin the UK political system.
He praised his mother, saying, “As Shakespeare said of the former Queen Elizabeth, she was a model for all living princes.”
Charles is due to travel from Parliament to Edinburgh and escort the Queen’s coffin to St Giles’ Cathedral for a memorial service.
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LONDON – In the first official statement since the Queen’s death, her grandson Prince Harry praised her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unshakable grace and dignity.”
The personal statement, posted Monday on Harry and his wife Megan’s Archwell website, said he cherished their time together “from my early childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as Commander in Chief, to the first moment you met my beloved wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren.”
Harry resigned as a royal and moved to the United States two years ago. On Saturday, he and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and his wife Catherine for a meeting of mourners outside Windsor Castle.
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Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand has announced that it will commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II with a public holiday on September 26.
The nation will also hold an official memorial service in the capital, Wellington, on the same day. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Elizabeth was an extraordinary person and many people would appreciate the opportunity to celebrate her death and celebrate her life.
“As the Queen of New Zealand and a much-loved Sovereign for more than 70 years, it is fitting that we celebrate her life of dedicated public service with a state memorial and a one-off public holiday,” Ardern said.
She also said she would leave this week for Britain to attend Elizabeth’s funeral.
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has formally accepted an invitation to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
On Sunday, the White House said the president would be accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden. The service will take place on September 19.
Earlier today, Biden recalled the words of comfort the late king offered the United States in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
“Sorrow is the price we pay for love,” Biden said, quoting part of the Queen’s message to America during remarks marking the 21st anniversary of the attacks.
Biden, speaking at a memorial service at the Pentagon, said the Queen’s words are still as moving as they were 21 years ago, but the weight of the loss is still heavy, too.
“To this day, the price seems pretty great,” Biden said.
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Doncaster, England – British horse racing paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as the late Queen’s favorite sport returned after a pause following her death.
And two minutes of silence in Doncaster on Sunday. A video has since been shown on the big screens of the Queen at various races over the years, along with some of her greatest victories as a racehorse owner.
Horse racing was the great sporting charm of the Queen, who became one of the biggest faces of the sport both in Britain and the world, and had more than 1,800 winners.
“No one has done, or ever will, so much for a long time to race a horse, as Her Majesty has,” narrator Prue Scott, a former jockey-turned-television presenter, said during the video. “Sports around the world will forever be in debt.”
This was followed by thunderous applause from the knights and officials who lined up for the honoring ceremony.
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