Nan Graham, 91, sang quietly with the congregation at Westminster Abbey as they began the first verse of The Lord is My Shepherd, one of the hymns also sung at the Queen’s marriage to Prince Philip in 1947.
She was watching the funeral of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who was only a few years older than her, she noted, sitting in the cinema room of David Walker Gardens, a purpose-built facility for older people managed by South Lanarkshire council.