near Buckingham, many children pay homage to Elizabeth II

There are those who line up for hours to gather in front of the coffin of Elizabeth II at Westminster. Others prefer to leave a bouquet of flowers in Green Park, very close to Buckingham Palace. Among them, many children come with their parents to say goodbye to the monarch.

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Some are barely taller than the bouquets they lay in the middle of the flower bed. On the grass, there are also many colorful drawings, small children’s words on which are written, for example, “sleep well my queen“, or even poems, signed Evelyn, 9 years old or Lily, 6 years old. Dexter, he is 5 years old: “We’re all sad because the queen is dead.” “We wish that didn’t happen, continues the little boy, so we pay homage to her and may she rest in peace“.

His older brother, Rokey, aged 7, accompanied him. “We came to bring her flowers“, he says. His emotion is great: “My queen: I’m sad that you died and that you died on my birthday“.”It was hard to explain to them“, says their mom, Phoebe, who accompanies them. She thinks it’s important that her sons see all these tributes, “that they have memories and that they remember how much she was loved.“

On a bench a little further, Ava, 6, applies to her map. She draws a pink flower on it”because the queen loved bright colors.” “At school, we all colored the face of the queen“, she says. She also came with her big sister, Eva, 12, who armed herself with her camera. “She was my Queen since I was born“, she launches.

It really affects me, and there I cry taking my pictures seeing all these flowers and the cards that people have written.

Eve, 12 years old

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“I think Charles III will be a very good king because he was raised by a lovely woman, he will do very well“, assures the young British. Monday, September 19, the day of the Queen’s funeral, all colleges and schools will be closed.