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On set, journalist Arnaud Comte looks back on the long mourning that is looming after the announcement of the death of Elizabeth II, Thursday, September 8.
The Queen of the United Kingdom is dead. Thursday September 8, the announcement of the death of Elizabeth II fell at the very beginning of the evening. United Kingdom, “It’s an absolutely incredible earthquake that the British are experiencing”explains journalist Arnaud Comte on the 19/20 set of France 3.
“You have to understand that this figure, most Britons grew up with”notes the reporter. “She’s a tutelary figure, she’s really the head of the family.” And Arnaud Comte to continue: “Tonight, obviously, there will be a lot of emotions. […] There will now be a national mourning, the British will not go to work, they will all converge on Buckingham Palace to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. […] There will be a period of 12 days of national mourning, all the flags will be at half mast. Life is going to literally stop somewhere in the UK.”
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