Gun salutes, flower offerings and heartfelt tributes from representatives of British public life mark the beginning of the farewell to Isabel II, culminating in a state funeral in London in about ten days.
The House of Commons of Parliament held a special session throughout the day to allow the 650 members to pay tribute to the longest serving sovereign in the history of the United Kingdomwho died on Thursday at the age of 96 in his Scottish castle of Balmoral.
A minute of silence, the ringing of bells and cannon shots at emblematic points of the country were the protagonists of the first day of a program of events estimated to last until September 19, when the Queen is expected to be buried next to her father , George VIin the Windsor Castle (40 kilometers from the capital).
Source: El heraldo
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