Some 2,000 people attended the queen's funeral service, ranging from French and American presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden to Catherine, Princess of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
British fashion designer and businesswoman India Hicks was one of the early guests to arrive at Westminster Abbey with her mother Lady Pamela, who had been a bridesmaid at the queen’s wedding and then later a lady-in-waiting to the monarch.Brigitte arrived arm in arm with her husband, Emmanuel, wearing a simple black dress with an open double breasted coat believed to be from Louis Vuitton, the French luxury brand that she relies on when on official duties.
Middleton wore the choker for the first time in 2017 to the 70th’s wedding anniversary dinner of the queen and Prince Philip. Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands at Westminster Abbey in London. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands paid her own tribute to the queen by wearing a diamond and pearl brooch on the right handside of her belted coat dress.
For the funeral, the queen’s coffin arrived covered with the Royal Standard flag, which features three gold lions for England, a red lion for Scotland and a harp for Ireland. Sitting atop the flag was the Imperial State Crown, which has the Cullinan Il diamond, cut from the largest diamond in the world.
A number of screens have been set up in Hyde park, across London and the rest of the U.K. so that members of the public could follow the funeral service, which is being televised. On the roads around central London dozens of city workers were helping direct the flow of people to the various screening sites.
In Hyde park, thousands of people gathered to watch the funeral. People were asked to sit on the ground to allow the people behind them to watch. People chanted, prayed and sang, and the mood was quiet and respectful.
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