FAREWELL to our QUEEN

THE ONLY MONARCH MOST OF US HAVE EVER KNOWN, HER LOSS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER

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Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Almost five years before her father King George VI’s death on February 6, 1952, which would see the then-Princess Elizabeth accede the throne, the young royal marked her 21st birthday by delivering a speech that foreshadowed her destiny. “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service,” she said in a radio broadcast from Cape Town, South Africa. It was a statement that she would honour to the utmost throughout her life.

THE LONG GOODBYE

The journey to Queen Elizabeth’s final resting place began when her oak coffin was taken in a black hearse from Balmoral to Edinburgh, where it remained for 24 hours to allow Scots to pay their respects.