Britain’s Culture Minister Michelle Donelan mentioned on Tuesday that some 250,000 mourners had filed close to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Hall in London throughout her lay-in-state.
“It’s around the 250,000 mark. We’re just crunching those final numbers,” Donlan informed Times Radio. He added that full figures can be launched sooner or later.
King Charles III, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrive at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on September 19, 2022. England. (Jeff J Mitchell / Pool)
Members of the general public paid their final respects to the Queen at Westminster Hall, the oldest a part of the Parliamentary property, ready for a number of hours in an extended queue by central London for greater than 4 days.
People of all ages and all walks of life took half in mendacity within the kingdom for the late monarch, who died on 8 September in Scotland on the age of 96 after a 70-year reign.
A volunteer removes packaging from a wreath after the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at Green Park in London, Britain, September 20, 2022. (Reuters/Tom Nicholson)
Britain’s final statehood was held for wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who died in 1965. According to a notice from the House of Commons, about 321,360 folks filed his coffin at Westminster Hall.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
