In pictures: Remembering the Queen mother’s funeral
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In pictures: Remembering the Queen mother’s funeral

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, had passed away in her sleep at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, on 30 March that year at the grand old age of 101 after suffering a chest cold. The Queen Mother’s coffin, decorated with the camellias she grew in the gardens of every royal household, likewise lay in state at Westminster Hall in the Palaces of Westminster, where an estimated 200,000 members of the public again queued over three days to pay their final respects to an extremely well-liked member of the royal family. open image in gallery Members of the royal family follow the gun carriage bearing the coffin of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, during the procession from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey open image in gallery The gun carriage bearing the Queen Mother's coffin open image in gallery Pallbearers convey the coffin into the Abbey open image in gallery Prince Charles observes the Queen Mother's coffin open image in gallery The Queen Mother's coffin arrives at Westminster Abbey open image in gallery The Queen offers a prayer at her late mother’s casket open image in gallery The royal family watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is prepared to be carried from Westminster Abbey at the end of her funeral service open image in gallery The royal family follows the Queen Mother's coffin out of Westminster Abbey after the funeral service open image in gallery Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Phillip, Prince William and Prince Charles, leaves for Windsor Castle after the state funeral open image in gallery The Queen leaves Westminster Abbey with the Duke of Edinburgh after the funeral ceremony of the Queen Mother Twenty years later, her daughter would be honoured in similar fashion. open image in gallery The state gun carriage carries the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the royal standard with the imperial state crown and the sovereign’s orb and sceptre, as it leaves Westminster Hall open image in gallery The state gun carriage carries the coffin of the Queen open image in gallery The Duke of York and Prince Harry joining the procession open image in gallery Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin enters Westminster Abbey

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