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# god save our king #. the national anthem was sung and the coffin was borne from the abbey on the shoulders of the grenadier guards. as the funeral procession set off through the wide streets of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a gun salute was fired in hyde park. the procession was led by the royal canadian mounted police,

After the Queens death, Boyle, 50, also joked of the King: Charles seems emotional because hes thinking about how much less fuss therell be when he dies.

We love to bask in the glittering glory of our Armed Forces, but they are shamefully starved of manpower

LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of London on Monday to honor and say farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven-decade reign meant she had been a constant throughout the lives of most people in the UK. Her funeral service took place at Westminster Abbey, where members of the British royal family were joined by heads of state, politicians and other

Her Majestys send-off on Monday followed her record 70 years as the Commonwealths head of state and was broadcast simultaneously on a range of networks.

Defence source says the bearer party's service had not been 'valiant in battle' - but they could be awarded something else for their duty

The eight men, handpicked from the regiments Queens Company, included a teenager and a former reservist.

While their steady shoulders impressed all of those who watched yesterday, it is their friends and families of the eight young pallbearers who are today bursting with pride.

Tonight Buckingham Palace revealed that a new slab was installed overnight with the names of the late monarch, her husband and parents along with the dates of their birth and death.

Pipe Major Paul Burns was the monarch’s personal player at the time of her death.