“The first thing that we can notice is the communion” of the British, analyzes Stéphane Bern

On the eve of the funeral of Elizabeth II, Sunday, September 18, is the balance sheet positive for the new king? “The first thing you can notice is the communion, this feeling of national communion. The UK was thought to be disunited. Like this, out of nowhere, millions of people mobilized so much in Edinburgh (Scotland) only in Cardiff (Wales) than in Northern Ireland, also in London (United Kingdom)”, notes Stéphane Bern. “The country is united around the figure of this queen, including the royal family“, he analyzes, believing that the communication of the monarchy has on the whole “worked perfectly“.

500 Heads of State or Government will be present, Monday 19 September, at Westminster. The Queen’s coffin will arrive at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in 3:53 p.m.. This chapel occupies a special place in the British monarchy. It is here that the baptisms, weddings and funerals of the royal family are celebrated. It dates from 1475, and is a masterpiece of English Gothic art. In procession from Westminster on Monday 19, the funeral procession will enter by the west steps. After the ceremony, the queen’s coffin will be laid in a small chapel, where the graves of Elizabeth II’s mother and father, King George VI, already lie.