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Alice Clifford & Steven Smith

Fundraiser who travelled from Orkney and woman celebrating 51st birthday among funeral crowds

Thousands of people from all over the world have camped out on The Mall in central London so they get the best vantage spots for the Queen's State Funeral. Former members of the Armed Forces rubbed shoulders with people from all around Britain and the rest of the world ready to sleep on the street.

Tracey Hannam, 55, had travelled down from the Orkney Islands after breaking off from a walk around the coast of the UK to attend the funeral. Tracey, from Bath, Somerset, started her epic coastal trek on July 4, 2020, and is set to finish in around two years time.

She said: “To get here, I started at the highest northern part of the Orkney islands in a lighthouse. From there I caught a flight with just me and the pilot on an eight-seater aeroplane.

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