In London, they say goodbye to Elizabeth II for several days. A thousand people in line for the coffin needed the help of doctors, and ensuring order was the largest operation in the history of Scotland Yard

People stood in line for goodbye to Elizabeth II for 25 hours. Some came to goodbye twice

Already on the first day of farewell, September 14, the length of the line to Westminster-Hall , where the coffin of Elizabeth II stands, reached four kilometers. The next day, it increased to 6.5 kilometers - the waiting time was then estimated at nine o’clock. On September 17, it was already 25 hours, and the authorities called on people to refuse to participate in farewell. On Sunday evening, on the eve of the funeral, the waiting time is still a long time -nine and a half hours.

Despite the presence of a separate access for VIP, some celebrities, including football player David Baekham, were defending in many hours of queue. There were people who decided to say goodbye to the queen twice. BBC News writes , in particular, about a woman named Lucy, who twice settled in line for more than 12 hours - first with her parents, and then with her husband.

How many people took part in the ceremony is still unknown.

More than 1000 people needed an ambulance. At least two queue participants were detained for offenses

On Sunday morning, the ambulance of London said that the doctors assisted 1078 people in line. 136 of them required hospitalization. In most cases ( according to Friday), people fainted and hit their heads.

In the queue for goodbye to the queen, incidents took place: on Wednesday, a 19-year-old man was detained for sexual harassment , and on Friday a 28-year-old man ran out of line , pushing the girl seven years old, and touched the coffin of the queen.

In addition, the British media reported that the President of Armenia Vaagn Khachaturian photographed his assistant in Westminster-Holle, thereby violating the protocol prohibiting the shooting and using phones.

Prince Harry was allowed to put on military uniform in an honorary guard at the coffin - but the queen's initials were removed from the epaulettes, which "defeated his heart"

On Sunday night, eight grandchildren and granddaughters of Elizabeth II defended a 15-minute honorary guard at her coffin. According to The Times, at the request of the king, Prince Harry put on a military uniform - despite the fact that after abandoning royal privileges he was deprived of military ranks and appeared in civilian clothing at previous mourning events.

However, the prince’s shoulder strap was removed by the ER sign - the initials of the deceased queen. According to the source of the newspaper, the prince was “devastated” when he saw the uniform, and considered the option to put on civilian clothes again, “to avoid humiliation”.

“His heart is broken. It seems intentional gesture to remove the initials of his grandmother, ”said the interlocutor of the newspaper, who considers the incident in the context of Harry's allegedly bad relationship with his family, including with his brother William. The Times notes that the son of Queen Prince Andrew, devoid of military ranks and royal duties due to accusations of sexual violence, put a uniform with ER sign in an honorary guard.

About 500 high -ranking persons from other countries will come to the funeral of the queen. The Scotland Yard is called the protection of the order of its "largest operation"

On September 19, about 500 high -ranking persons from other countries, including members of European royal families, leaders of the Commonwealth countries, heads of government and diplomats, will arrive at the funeral of Elizabeth II on September II. In total, as the British authorities expect, about a million people can come to London on Monday.

“So many world leaders have not been in one place for decades. This is unprecedented from the point of view of different things that we need to do, ” said the mayor of London Sadik Khan. According to him, we are talking about ensuring the safety of both world leaders and ordinary people.

The London police said that ensuring order at events in connection with the death of the Queen is the largest operation in the history of this service. “Large than the 2012 Olympics, larger than the queen’s platinum anniversary,” said the representative of Scotland Yard.

London did not call to the funeral of Putin, Assad, Maduro and Taliban , but he invited the Saudi prince (but he will not come)

The UK did not invite neither leaders or other representatives of Russia and Belarus to the funeral of Elizabeth II (due to the invasion of Ukraine), Myanmar (due to the military coup), as well as Syria, Venezuela and Afghanistan, with whom, as BBC News, London does not have full diplomatic relations. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the British authorities “deeply immoral” about non -participation in the ceremony of representatives of the Russian state.

At the same time, London invited the leaders of at least two other countries that have a bad reputation in the West from the point of view of observing human rights, China and Saudi Arabia. The invitation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, who was associated with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashogji, caused criticism from human rights activists, and the invitation of the Chinese of China Xi Jinping was condemned, among other things, high -ranking British parliamentarians were condemned .

On Sunday, it became known that Mohammed Bin Salman, contrary to expectations, will miss the burial ceremony-Saudi Arabia will be represented by a member of the government of this country, Prince Turkish Bin Mohammed al-Saud. Xi Jinping at the funeral will also not appear - China will represent his deputy van qishan.