When I visited London in June, just a few days after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, I never imagined I would be returning so soon to report on Her Majesty’s funeral.
On the streets where crowds had celebrated her 70-year reign, hundreds of thousands of people returned to mourn the death of the much-loved monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who was often described as “like our grandma”. Her death has affected many people in a way they never expected; perhaps because so many of us viewed her as a grandmother figure.
And observing the funeral on big screens in Hyde Park, it was moving to see how many people wanted to feel close to the late Queen as she made her final journey.
I watched as many people wiped tears from their eyes and the crowd fell silent from the moment the Queen’s coffin appeared on screen.
