With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to Abe at state funeral
Tokyo, JapanReuters With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years – a ceremony that has become as controversial as he was in life. The ceremony started at 2pm, with Abe’s ashes carried into the […]
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With pomp and sorrow, world bids final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
Updated: 7:30am, 20th September, 2022 (AEST)Windsor, UK Reuters Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest alongside her beloved husband on Monday after a day which saw Britain and the world pay a final farewell to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, in a dazzling show of pomp and ceremony. Amid formality and careful choreography, there were moments […]
Huge crowds follow Queen’s funeral in silence and awe
Updated: 10.:25pm (AEST)London, UKReuters The tens of thousands gathered in central London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II fell silent and bowed their heads on Monday to follow her funeral service in Westminster Abbey and watch the procession of her coffin afterwards through the city. Some watching in Hyde Park dabbed their eyes and […]
Quick facts – Order of service for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral
London, UKReuters The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be held at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday when world leaders will join King Charles III and the British royal family to bid farewell to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Following are some of the details of the order of service for the funeral: • The state […]
Quick facts – Plans for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral
Updated: 3pm, 19th September (AEST)London, UKReuters World leaders will join Britain’s royal family, its political elite and members of the military, judiciary and charities at the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. Below are details of what is expected on the day: Westminster• The Queen’s lying in state at Westminster Hall will end […]
Know It All: Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and the royal family
In a Know It All special, ANGUS MACSWAN, of Reuters, looks at some facts and figures about Westminster Abbey, site of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral…
Biden pays respects to “honourable” Queen Elizabeth II before funeral
London, UKReuters US President Joe Biden paid emotional tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the eve of her state funeral on Sunday, saying Britain and the world had been lucky to have such a dignified and dedicated servant on the throne for 70 years. US President Joe Biden accompanied by the First Lady Jill Biden […]
Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin. Gorbachev, idolised in the West for allowing eastern Europe to escape Soviet communist control but unloved at […]
Nigeria funeral for church attack victims draws anger, tears
Abuja, NigeriaAP Nigeria held a state funeral Friday for nearly two dozen of the worshippers killed by gunmen at a church service earlier this month as church officials urged authorities to take swift action to avoid future tragedies. Mourners paid their respects to 22 of the victims killed at the St Francis Catholic Church in […]