RAF NORTHOLT (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The Royal Air Force plane carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives in London after being flown from Edinburgh, accompanied by her daughter Princess Anne. The C-17 Globemaster plane, recently used for aid missions in Ukraine, arrives at the Northolt airbase ahead of the queen’s funeral in the British capital on Monday. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is brought back to Buckingham Palace from Scotland. The coffin will follow a 38-minute procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, before lying in state for four full days ahead of the Queen’s funeral. IMAGES
London (AFP) – People welcome King Charles III’s decision to name Kate, Prince William’s wife, the new Princess of Wales. The title of Princess of Wales was formerly held by William’s mother Princess Diana, who died in 1997.
London (AFP) – King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, arrive at Buckingham Palace in front of gathered crowds, following a visit to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, where Britain’s new monarch attended a prayer service in memory of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
Edinburgh (AFP) – The aeroplane carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin takes off from Edinburgh airport. The coffin is being flown to London, where it will rest for several days, allowing the public to pay their last respects, before the Queen’s funeral takes place on Monday 19 September. IMAGES
Edinburgh (AFP) – Anne, Princess Royal, and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, arrive at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a final vigil to her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, before her coffin is flown from Edinburgh to London. IMAGES
Izyum (Ukraine) (AFP) – In the Ukrainian city of Izyum, the country’s blue and yellow flag has just been raised again over the charred city hall, months after Russian tanks barrelled in. Gleeful residents rush to a hill near a cell phone tower, the only place in town with a signal, to call relatives to share their good news: the Russians are out. Ukrainian soldiers liberated the eastern city at the weekend as the army reclaimed swathes of territory, part of its rapid counter-offensive to beat back Russian soldiers who invaded February 24.
Belfast (AFP) – Britain’s King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, leave St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following a prayer service in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. The new king is currently touring the country as it goes through a period of national mourning, after his mother, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 96 last Thursday. IMAGES
Edinburgh (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin leaves St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a flight back to London where it will be displayed to the public for several days ahead of her funeral next week. The monarch’s only daughter Princess Anne is accompanying the casket which will be flown from Edinburgh to an air base west of London before the coffin procession makes its way to Buckingham Palace. IMAGES
Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Pope Francis arrives at the Nur-Sultan airport in Kazakhstan, where he is greeted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Pope Francis, warned by doctors not to travel to Ukraine, is in Kazakhstan in Central Asia for a three-day visit to promote dialogue and peace in the ex-Soviet region.
