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Reuters
Reuters
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By Michael Holden, Kate Holton and Alistair Smout

King Charles and sons escort queen's coffin as people line up to pay respects

(Left to right) The Duke of Sussex, the Earl of Snowdon, the Duchess of Sussex, the Princess of Wales and the Prince of Wales follow the bearer party carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II into Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture date: Wednesday September 14, 2022. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS

King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry, and other senior royals joined a solemn procession accompanying Queen Elizabeth's coffin as the late monarch made her final journey from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

Huge crowds gathered in central London to witness the queen being taken from the palace to parliament as artillery guns fired salutes and Big Ben tolled, the latest in a series of poignant ceremonies as the nation mourns the queen who died last week aged 96 after seven decades on the throne.

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