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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray

‘It’s really helped me’: Midlands centre screens Queen’s funeral for locals

People at the Dorothy Parkes centre watch televised coverage of the Queen’s funeral.
People at the Dorothy Parkes centre watch televised coverage of the Queen’s funeral. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Watching the Queen’s funeral brought back difficult memories for Craig Wilkins, 53, whose parents died from Covid three weeks apart last year aged in their 70s.

That was why he decided to join about 30 people at Dorothy Parkes community centre in Smethwick, West Midlands, to watch the funeral on Monday, rather than watching it at home.

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