There’s only one place to start for the papers as the Queen’s coffin was driven through the gates of Buckingham Palace in what was inevitably dubbed the “final homecoming”.
The front of Wednesday’s Mirror features a dramatic picture of the hearse sweeping towards the brightly lit palace as crowds formed a roadside guard of honour. “Led home by lights of love”, the headline says.
Wednesday's front page: https://t.co/a7nvdEwGIe #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/86xWty4QkG
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 13, 2022
The Guardian’s front page pictures the hearse just moments later as it goes through the palace gates and also carries pointers to stories inside on anger about the sacking of some members of King Charles’s staff, and how the queue to see the Queen lying in state could stretch for five miles. It leads, however, on “Johnson’s junk food rules under threat as Truss targets read tape”.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 14 September 2022: Johnson’s junk food rules under threat as Truss targets red tape pic.twitter.com/7Kcypy6efY
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 13, 2022
The Telegraph’s headline is “The final homecoming”, and reports that the royal family will be “allowed to grieve in private” as the coffin rests overnight at the palace.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 13, 2022
'The final homecoming'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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“Welcome home, ma’am” says the Sun, which is still using a regal purple in its masthead rather than the usual red one.
On tomorrow's front page: In the pouring rain, the Queen arrives home for the final timehttps://t.co/abwpTsLVyl pic.twitter.com/4K5fHFyFzA
— The Sun (@TheSun) September 13, 2022
“Home to her family” says the Mail, while columnist Robert Hardman says that he’s been warning for years that “millions – tens of millions” of people will want to pay their respects to the Queen, making current plans for viewing her coffin “deeply inadequate”.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/opMzmcFoMB
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) September 13, 2022
The Express goes with “Home … for one last time”.
Front page - Home...For one last time#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/Etmo8g0EZ6 pic.twitter.com/uMLQ9dAEpa
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) September 13, 2022
“We’ll walk with Gran” – the Metro says William and Harry will follow the Queen’s coffin with King Charles as it is moved to Westminster.
Tomorrow's Paper Today
— Metro (@MetroUK) September 13, 2022
WE'LL WALK WITH GRAN
🔴 William and Harry to follow Queen's coffin with Charles today#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/r6QcapxwMr
The Times has “A last night at the palace” and shows the coffin being carried by Queen’s Colour Squadron troops at RAF Northolt, with an outside wrap of the scenes at the palace.
Times: A last night at the palace #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tuZXjrNchG
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) September 13, 2022
In the i it’s “The Queen returns home”.
Wednesday's front page: The Queen returns home#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/gWsVzle73x
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 13, 2022
Her final journey began, of course, in Scotland and the papers north of the border are saying farewell.
The Scotsman has a wraparound front cover with the scene at Edinburgh airport: “The final farewell”
Tomorrow's front cover from The Scotsman #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/KoM9dac9dd
— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) September 13, 2022
The Daily Record reaches for the big guns – Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns – by using the title of one of his poems, “Ae fond kiss”, to say goodbye to the monarch.
Tomorrow's front page leads on the Queen leaving Scotland for the last time as her body was flown to London. #scotpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday @sgfmann pic.twitter.com/XTPb5pm3FH
— The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) September 13, 2022
And the FT has a picture of the funeral rehearsals on its front but leads with “Businesses face delays to access £150bn energy support package”.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, for Wednesday 14th September pic.twitter.com/QYbTWuEGK1
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 13, 2022
