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Union flag decorations are seen in Mayfair, London, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the British throne next month.
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Back-dropped by a Platinum Jubilee decoration on the window of a retail unit, people take photographs of Union flag decorations, unseen, in London, on the first day of the Platinum Jubilee weekend, as Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
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People gather at a street party in Mayfair, London, on the second day of the Platinum Jubilee weekend, as Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
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A pedestrian walks past the shop window that is covered as a mark of their respect outside a Fortnum & Mason store in London, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Pedestrians look at a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II displayed in a shop window in London, following her death.
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People queue and wait for the lying-in-state to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II in London.
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People queue and wait for the lying-in-state to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II in London.
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People watch the TV coverage of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral day on a large screen in Hyde Park as mourners gather to pay their respects to her in London.
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A person observes a silence in front of the royal cypher of the late Queen Elizabeth II displayed on a large screen during her funeral in Piccadilly Circus, London.
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A person takes a photograph of The Mall, which leads to Buckingham Palace, in London, as many visitors gather around Buckingham Palace on the first Saturday since the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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People queue and wait for the lying-in-state to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II in London.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated the Platinum Jubilee to mark her 70 years on the British throne in June. So did many members of the public in the country. However, in September, Britains' longest reigning monarch died at the age of 96. Mourners not only gathered in front of Buckingham Palace and the castles but queued and walked towards the Palace of Westminster for the lying-in-state just like pilgrims. An electric board informing of a minimum waiting time at the start of the queue was indicating 14 hours for the modern 'pilgrimage.' On the day of the state funeral, constant flows of people who were forwarded from the procession route towards Hyde Park where screens had been set up, and a silence observer in Piccadilly Circus, appeared to be signifying how they were taking the end of the era.
2022
