The Queen’s children held a vigil around her coffin in Westminster Hall to end a day when the Earl of Wessex said her death had united the family in grief and left an “unimaginable void in all our lives”. The King and his siblings — the Princess Royal, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex — stood motionless with their heads bowed for just over ten minutes from 7.50pm as people continued to file past the coffin. SponsoredIt was a sight that left some mourners speechless. Caroline Sykes, 53, from Hornchurch, east London, had been in the queue with her sister and mother for 12 hours; they were all in tears as the Queen’s coffin was guarded by her children. “To see them standing there

Source: The Times September 17, 2022 20:07 UTC