On September 16 last year, eight days after Queen Elizabeth died, I watched as her four children stood in silence at Westminster Hall, heads bowed, keeping their vigil at the four sides of their mother’s coffin.As they stood there, totally still, members of the public continued to file past — silently, steadily, some stopping briefly to salute or bow or curtsy, some genuflecting or making a sign of the cross. wiped away a tear as he paid his respects after queuing for more than 12 hours. When he reached the coffin, the footballer slowly bowed his head and stared at the ground.
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