Queen Elizabeth II, who died in Scotland on Thursday, is now lying in state in London’s Westminster Hall for a four-day vigil until her funeral on Monday.
Huge crowds gathered in central London on Wednesday to witness the Queen being taken from the Buckingham Palace to Parliament as artillery guns fired salutes and Big Ben tolled.
Her coffin was carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage that had borne the coffins of her mother and father, in a procession through the heart of the British capital watched by tens of thousands who lined the route.
The Imperial State Crown is seen on the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during the procession in London, on Sept. 14, 2022. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
King Charles III led the royal family as they walked behind the coffin, which was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown—encrusted with almost 3,000 diamonds—and a bouquet of flowers and plants, including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where the Queen died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96….