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Evening Standard
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Anna Davis

Pallbearers who returned from Iraq to carry Queen’s coffin earn praise

The pallbearers who carried the Queen’s coffin as millions around the world watched have been singled out for praise after faultlessly completing their monumental task.

The eight soldiers from the Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, carried the Queen’s 500lb lead-lined coffin, draped in the Royal Standard, throughout her final journey, which ended at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on Monday.

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