Royalists all over the globe are booking flights to London for the Queen's funeral -including a woman dubbed the world's "most devoted royal watcher".
When Julia McCarthy-Fox, 57, moved to New Zealand from Horsham in West Sussex in 2019, her love for the Royal family remained steadfast.
She was devastated by the monarch's passing, but has already booked a flight back to Britain to pay her last respects.
Julia said: “I just had to go. I would regret it all my life if I didn’t.
“I’m going on my own. I don’t particularly want to go on my own. I would rather go with my wife, but it is not viable to do for the two of us as the flights are so expensive.
“I am going to do the lying-in state at Westminster Abbey - and if that means standing out for two nights in a row, then so be it. I will do that whatever it takes.
“I went to see the Queen Mother at the lying state when she passed and it was magical. It feels like such a privilege to be able to be there to see the coffin and the crown and to say goodbye.”
She added: “I think Charles will make a great king even though it does sound weird at the moment.
“It is going to take some getting used to saying ‘God save the King’ and when people say King Charles III, it makes him sound like a spaniel.
“His greatest asset will be his Queen and I absolutely believe that she will do an excellent job.
“She needs her to give him the confidence to go out and do it. And that is what she does so well. She doesn’t compete with him, she just backs him up, she’s not competing for attention.
“I think she’s fabulous and there is no reason why they can’t be a great King and Queen.
“I just hope people don’t start dragging back up the whole Diana thing. People need to let him get on with the job because we need to see what they can do when they’re given a chance."
Julia has had many incredible memories with the Queen over the past 40 years, adding: “I have met her so many times.
"She has been a huge part of my life as I have photographed her and followed her for so long.
“We have had little snippets of conversation each time we have met and after 35 years they have amounted to an interesting and long conversation.
“One of my favourite memories of the Queen was seeing her at Windsor horse show. It had been pouring with rain all day and the Queen and Philip were walking back to the car together. There was no one else around.
"They were walking along shoulder to shoulder chatting together and it was just lovely to watch how they were with each other. It was as if there was no one else there at all. They had this real love for each other.
“One other lovely thing I did was go to Malta for the Queen’s diamond wedding anniversary. I waited for them all day as we didn’t know what time they were arriving and when they arrived, they did a walk about and chatted to everyone.
"The car stopped at the corner for them to get in but they didn’t get in, they just kept walking and talking to everyone until they ran out of people. And they walked on and on and on. It was a magical evening.
“The last time I saw her was on the balcony at the Diamond jubilee. It was amazing because as soon as she appeared the atmosphere changed, and everyone was so excited.
"It made the whole weekend worthwhile. I said to my wife at the time, if this is the last time I see her I am happy that I have seen her here. And it was the last time.
“For me her legacy will be her smile. I will miss that very much.”
