As the nation and indeed the world watched the coverage of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, there will doubtless have been a few tears shed up and down the land – but it was a particularly emotional moment for one North East family.
19-year-old David Sanderson, originally from Morpeth in Northumberland, was selected to be one of the eight soldiers from the Queen’s Company 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, who bore the oak casket in both London and Windsor.
The lead-lined coffin weighed in at more than 500lb and was draped in the Royal Standard. For David’s mum Carolyn, it was an extremely proud moment.
