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Queen Mother Lies in State at Westminster Hall

VOA News
5 Apr 2002 11:19 UTC
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Queen Mother Elizabeth's body lies in state at London's Westminster Hall. Earlier, to the solemn beat of military bands, the coffin carrying the Queen Mother was carried through the streets of central London.

 Members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, walked behind the coffin in the procession from Saint James's Palace to Westminster Hall, which houses Britain's parliament.

 More than 1,600 members of the British armed forces escorted the coffin. Thousands of people lined city streets to witness the procession, the largest of its kind since former prime minister Winston Churchill was buried in 1965.
 
 

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The Queen Mother will lie in state for four days for members of the public to pay their final respects. The funeral service will take place on April 9, when the coffin will be taken across the road to Westminster Abbey, where the Queen Mother was married.

 She will be interred at Windsor Castle in the same vault as her husband King George VI, who died 50 years ago.

 The Queen Mother died Saturday at the age of 101.
 
 

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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