A man has been arrested after attempting to touch the Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall. Officers were quick to react by tackling him to the ground before removing him from the scene.
“He stepped off the carpet in the direction of the catafalque, then grabbed hold of the Royal Standard flag draped over the coffin with both of his hands.” A live television feed showed the defendant darting out of line and climbing up the steps to the catafalque before touching the late monarch's coffin.
The man rushed and grabbed the flag as mourners were in shock. Live streaming of the Queen's coffin had to be cut for 15 minutes. The Police tackled a man who grabbed a flag from the Queen's coffin to the ground. Mourners in Westminster Hall were shocked as live streaming had to be stopped for about 15 minutes.
Police tackle man to the ground after he lunges at The Queen's coffin during Lying-in-State. A man was tackled to the ground in Westminster Hall on Friday evening after he rushed at Queen Elizabeth II's coffin.
The guard was standing at the foot of the late monarch's casket, holding a ceremonial staff, when he suddenly swayed and fell forwards to the floor at around 1am. Officials rushed to his aid and live footage of the broadcast was interrupted while the guard was checked.
The coffin bearers at the Queen's funeral are from a unit of which the late monarch was Company Commander. Soldiers from the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, were chosen to lift the coffin during the service at Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle.
The horses meant to haul the gun carriage weighing more than two tons panicked and began kicking, threatening to drop the coffin. One of the queen's relatives, Prince Louis of Battenberg, a Royal Navy captain, suggested to the new king, Edward VII, that this problem could be avoided by replacing horses with sailors.
Mourners left 'gasping and screaming' by man grabbing flag from Queen's coffin, court told. Muhammad Khan, of Limehouse, east London, was charged with an offence under Section 4A of the Public Order Act, which alleges he acted with intent to cause a person or persons unknown harassment, alarm or distress.
“He was arrested for an offence under the Public Order Act and is currently in custody.” A spokesman for UK parliament offered more detail of the man's actions, saying in a statement: “We're aware of an incident in Westminster Hall, in which a member of the public moved out of the queue and towards the Catafalque.
It is believed the man pushed through a queue of mourners, among them a seven-year-old girl, rushed up to coffin and tried to lift the royal standard. He is then thought to have put his hands on the Queen's casket.
The public will be able to file past the coffin 24 hours a day from 5pm on Wednesday 14 September until 6.30am on the day of the funeral - Monday 19 September. Those wishing to attend will be required to queue for many hours, possibly overnight.
Jack Burnell-Williams, 18-year-old Guardsman who marched behind the late Queen Elizabeth II's coffin during her official funeral procession, was discovered dead at London barracks.
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Those who walked past Her Majesty's coffin or see the photographs around would have noticed the casket draped in a colourful flag. The flag is called the Royal Standard, and it represents the sovereign and the United Kingdom.
“The reason that tradition exists is as my forebears got close to St George's Chapel with Queen Victoria's coffin on the gun carriage, the horses that were pulling the gun carriage got spooked, possibly by the crowds, and broke their traces,” he said.
The practice has its origins in war and appears in the nineteenth century in the Queens regulations of the British Army. In the United Kingdom, in a state funeral, the Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage bearing the coffin is drawn by sailors from the Royal Navy rather than horses.
A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral. They may wear white gloves in order to prevent damaging the casket and to show respect to the deceased person.
The Queen's coffin was carried on the State Gun Carriage. The tradition of sailors pulling the coffin was brought in after the horses used to pull Queen Victoria's coffin in 1901 for her funeral were spooked and almost tipped her coffin.
While the guards rotate every 20 minutes, they may be required to remain completely still for upto six hours in total. The late Queen will lie ...
The card held a touching and simple message for Queen Elizabeth II, which read: 'In loving and devoted memory. Charles R'. R stands for rex, Latin for 'king. ' Queen Elizabeth was Elizabeth R, the R standing for regina, Latin for 'queen."
An Army spokesman said: "It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams on 28 September 2022 at Hyde Park Barracks. "Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends at this difficult time and we ask that their privacy is respected."
"It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams on 28 September 2022 at Hyde Park Barracks," an army spokesperson told the publication. "Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends at this difficult time and we ask that their privacy is respected."
Guardsman who took part in late Queen's funeral found dead at barracks. A guardsman who took part in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral has been found dead at his barracks. Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams, 18, guarded the late Queen's coffin as it was carried from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch on September 19.
The photos are actually the screenshots of the Dutch comedy TV show “The Evening Show with Arjen Lubach.” Arjen Lubach, host of the program, said that the images taken inside the Queen's coffin were from a live broadcast of the BBC Extra Plus channel. However, the BBC does not have any channels called BBC Extra Plus.