Queen dies: UK goes into period of mourning

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A period of royal mourning will be observed from now until seven days after the Queen’s funeral.  Buckingham Palace said royal mourning will be observed by members of the royal family, royal household staff and representatives of the royal household on official duties, together with troops committed to ceremonial duties.  The date of the funeral has yet to be confirmed. It comes as tributes have been left at all of the royal residences and landmarks across the UK.

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00:30No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:01I think that we all felt a connection to her. She's on every bank note, she's on every stamp, she's

01:08on every coin that we touch, and I think it's such a constant that's now gone, it feels very strange.

01:13She served us her since she made that promise, and I think it was brilliant that she, even in her

01:21cardi, she did that, she welcomed and waited and did the new Prime Minister. It's just magnificent, isn't it?

01:29Yeah.

01:38As everybody knows, the longest reigning monarch ever in British history, but she was somebody's grandmother, she was somebody's mother,

01:48you know, she was just amazing, wasn't she?

02:04Since yesterday afternoon, that's all we've talked about as a family. I think what everybody's talked about, so it's going

02:10to be a very sad time for the country in general.

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