
Queen Elizabeth II greets High Court judges as she officially opens the Rolls Building at the Royal Courts of Justice in 2011
(Picture: PA)Courts around the country fell silent on Friday morning to express “profound sorrow” at the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lawyers and Judges gathered in the Great Hall of the Old Bailey to observe a two-minute silence at 10am, with the Common Serjeant Judge Richard Marks KC telling assembled legal professionals: “This is a profoundly sad occasion.”