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UK lays Queen Elizabeth II to rest after state funeral

2022-09-20 10:41:09       source:The Aljazeera

September 19, 2022


Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to rest after a state funeral attended by world leaders and a final journey through the streets of London.


Monday’s funeral comes 11 days after the longest-serving monarch in British history died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8.


Thousands of people lined the streets surrounding Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace to witness the passage of the queen’s casket from Westminster Hall to the church and eventually to Windsor Castle, where she was laid to rest alongside her late husband, Prince Philip and her father, King George VI.


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