An entire nation paused to take the Long Walk on Monday — either in person, to mark Queen Elizabeth II's final return to Windsor Castle, or in spirit, watching a tradition-steeped farewell that spanned from central London to the late queen's main home.
Well-wishers gathered at barricades along the Long Walk, the famously rail-straight, tree-lined road that runs more than 2 1/2 miles up to Windsor Castle. By the time the glass-paneled Jaguar hearse reached its destination, its hood was decorated with roses, sunflowers and other blooms that people had tossed along the route.
