Headline Roundup • September 19th, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II is Laid to Rest
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England's Queen Elizabeth II is being laid to rest Monday after a funeral service that was watched by around 4 billion people in the United Kingdom and around the globe.
She is being well remembered for her 70 years of service after passing away on September 8 at the age of 96. The queen has laid in state at Westminster Hall for several days, and then - with much pomp and circumstance - she was celebrated at a funeral service in Westminster Abbey that was attended by heads of state across the globe, including U.S. President Joe Biden. Her coffin was then drawn in a walking procession, led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to Wellington Arch at London's Hyde Park Corner. King Charles III and members of the Royal Family processed behind the coffin as Big Ben tolled and gun salutes were fired at minute intervals. Once at Wellington Arch, the Queen's coffin was then transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle.
As noted by sources from all political spectrums, people had queued for days to view the Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall, and millions lined the streets Monday to see the funeral procession and to toss flowers at the hearse as it passed by.
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Archbishop Welby said the Queen modeled the servant leadership expressed in the life of Jesus, who was her Savior.
“People of loving service are rare in any walk of life,” he said. “Leaders of loving service are still rarer. But in all cases, those who serve will be loved and remembered when those who cling to power and privileges are long forgotten.”
The Westminster Abbey funeral drew a packed crowd of 2,000 global heads of state, including U.S. President Biden, as well as family and select friends.
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After days of lying-in-state, the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II is making its final journey as part of a grand state funeral. It travelled first to Westminster Abbey, for a religious service in front of a congregation of thousands, and then to Windsor Castle for a more intimate committal service and, finally, a private burial.
It is a day of emotion, pomp and ceremony the like of which has not been seen since the last state funeral, of Winston Churchill, almost 60 years ago. The Queen made personal...
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From Melbourne to Paris, New York to Delhi, the solemn events in London resonated across the globe.
As the doors to Westminster Abbey opened to allow guests to take their seats, across the other side of the world, Australians sat down in front of their TVs to watch the historic event.
Although they were largely empty, English pubs in the central business district of Melbourne broadcast the funeral on big screens.
Rick Tonk, from West Yorkshire, was watching at the Charles Dickens Tavern with his parents. “We’ll spend some time...
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