Queen's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route
India TodayKing Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy rain to mark its arrival in the British capital. Charles, who automatically became king on the death of his mother last week, had gathered to received the coffin along with his three siblings, two sons, William and Harry, and other senior members of the royal family, a palace spokesperson said. Thousands of well-wishers greeted him in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, with handshakes, smiles and warm words as he walked along lines of people crowding the streets outside Hillsborough Castle, the monarch's official residence in the province. "Queen Elizabeth was not a distant observer in the transformation and progress of relationships in, and between, these islands," said Maskey, a member of Sinn Fein, which seeks the reunification of Ireland.
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