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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Jones & Ellie Kemp

'I'm no royalist... but I queued all night to meet King Charles - only for him to tell me I shouldn't have'

The last few weeks have been monumental for the UK and have seen communities across the the country - and beyond - band together to remember the life of the longest-reigning British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday September 8 age 96 at her Balmoral residence.

The UK has since entered a 10-day period of mourning, with processions and ceremonies taking place across the four nations and the Commonwealth to honour the late Queen. But it's Elizabeth's lying-in-state at Westminster Hall that has most captured the British public's imagination, with hundreds of thousands of people queuing for around 14 hours to see the Queen's coffin.

Even celebrities have got involved, with David Beckham among those joining the line to pay their respects. Friday (September 16) saw Charles III make his first visit to Wales since becoming king, as he and the Queen Consort travelled to Llandaff Cathedral for a memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II.

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