‘She’s always been there’: palace tourists on the Queen’s health

People standing in the rain outside Buckingham Palace in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Liesel and Caro De Leeuw were standing outside Buckingham Palace’s gilded gates for the first time when their grandmother called from Belgium.

“If you’re seeing anything weird in London, it’s because we think the Queen might be dying,” Caro recalled her grandmother saying. After being told of the Queen’s ill health, Caro said she felt emotional.