Et cetera ...
An artist who attracted widespread praise for her Platinum Jubilee sketch of the Queen with Paddington Bear has created another touching tribute to mark Her Majesty's death.
Eleanor Tomlinson's latest work shows the Queen arm in arm with the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in April 2021.
The sketch, titled Our Beloved Queen, also features Her Majesty's favourite animals - a corgi and a horse.
Oopsa daisy! First day on the job and already the King is losing it!
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HM The Queen sitting on rocks beside a waterfall on the Garbh Allt burn with two corgis on the Estate at Balmoral Castle, Scotland during the Royal Family's annual summer holiday in September 1971. Credit: Lichfield/Lichfield/Getty Images
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Floral Tribute
Evening will come, however determined the late afternoon,
Limes and oaks in their last green flush, pearled in September mist.
I have conjured a lily to light these hours, a token of thanks,
Zones and auras of soft glare framing the brilliant globes.
A promise made and kept for life – that was your gift –
Because of which, here is a gift in return, glovewort to some,
Each shining bonnet guarded by stern lance-like leaves.
The country loaded its whole self into your slender hands,
Hands that can rest, now, relieved of a century’s weight.
Evening has come. Rain on the black lochs and dark Munros.
Lily of the Valley, a namesake almost, a favourite flower
Interlaced with your famous bouquets, the restrained
Zeal and forceful grace of its lanterns, each inflorescence
A silent bell disguising a singular voice. A blurred new day
Breaks uncrowned on remote peaks and public parks, and
Everything turns on these luminous petals and deep roots,
This lily that thrives between spire and tree, whose brightness
Holds and glows beyond the life and border of its bloom.
SIMON ARMITAGE
Poet laureate
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The Queen's children and grandchildren greeted her coffin on its arrival at Buckingham Palace.
The King was there with Royal Family members including his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, Princes William and Harry and their wives, Catherine and Meghan.
Princess Anne, the queen's only daughter, travelled with the coffin, first from the remote castle at Balmoral to Edinburgh, where it was greeted by tens of thousands of mourners, and then as it was brought to London.
"It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys," Anne said in a statement. "Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting."
The Princess Royal was born on the 15th August and my own birthday is a few days ahead of hers. I have never been more proud of a fellow Leo as I am of Princess Anne.
The Queen's coffin will rest in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace until it is conveyed to Westminster Hall on Wednesday
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King Charles III waited for Queen Elizabeth II's casket to arrive at Buckingham Palace with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle directly behind him on a staircase Tuesday evening in London.
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Prince William, King Charles III, Princess Anne, and Prince Harry in the procession. Credit: Chris J Ratcliffe/AP
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A guard protecting the Queen's coffin on a podium in Westminster Hall was filmed suddenly fainting and collapsing to the ground before two police officers go to his aid...mirror UK
So lovely to see the Fab Four together again!!
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