LONDON — From England to Scotland, thousands of mourners are lining up for hours to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. Her coffin will be flown to London on Tuesday, the latest leg of a 500-mile ceremonial journey that takes the late monarch to her final resting place in Windsor.
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, arrived in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, on Tuesday to meet with political leaders and hear condolences. For many Irish people, the queen’s death has surfaced mixed emotions.
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The queen’s legacy is complicated in the United Kingdom’s former colonies. Some of them fought violent struggles to secure their independence during her reign. “As their leaders paid homage to the queen — with the presidents of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria among those who offered tributes — residents of former colonies publicly recounted the havoc wreaked by the empire,” Rael Ombuor, Rachel Chason and Meena Venkataramanan write.
Pannett reported from Sydney. Claire Parker in Washington contributed to this report.