Mountains of bouquets, notes, candles, photos, children's drawings, pile up in front of Buckingham Palace in London and Windsor Castle where thousands of moved Britons, sometimes in tears, came to pay homage to their deceased queen .
As soon as the death of Elizabeth II was announced, the inhabitants of the United Kingdom left their homes, sometimes braving the rain, to meditate in memory of the very popular monarch who died Thursday after 70 years of reign.
The point in pictures.
Directed by:
Olivier JUSZCZAK
Thursday, September 8 at midday, the doctors of Queen Elizabeth II, 96, are "concerned" about her state of health and "recommended that she be placed under medical supervision" in her Balmoral castle in Scotland.
Dozens of Britons or tourists meet in the rain to share their concerns and emotions in front of Buckingham Palace.
And the royal family gathers at the bedside of Queen Elizabeth II at the Scottish castle of Balmoral.
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and Queen consort will stay at Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement around 7:30 p.m., an announcement greeted with enormous emotion in the UK.
The British flag is lowered over Buckingham Palace, where hundreds of people are gathered.
It is then that two rainbows appear in the London sky.
All the British and international media are present in front of Buckingham Palace.
In the crowd that had gathered in the afternoon, tears began to flow, then silence settled before the national anthem "God save the Queen" resounded.
In the evening, thousands of people, of all generations, streamed in, some crying, some with flowers in their arms.
Despite the pouring rain, admirers, tourists and journalists gather at the Queen Victoria Memorial near Buckingham Palace.
Applause sometimes rises from the crowd and then the national anthem resounds.
The next day, the entire press headlines on the disappearance of Queen Elizabeth II.
In front of the castle of Balmoral in Scotland, where the queen died the day before, the bouquets of flowers pile up on the grid.
"The Queen of Our Hearts" in front of Buckingham Palace in London.
Mountains of bouquets, notes, candles, photos, children's drawings, piled up in front of Buckingham Palace in London.
Just like in front of Windsor Castle.
Soldiers in red coats, faces of marble in their famous high fur hats stand guard behind the gates of Buckingham, the official residence for the Queen during her 70-year reign.
A black Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, flies over the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Thousands of moved Britons, sometimes in tears, come to pay homage to their late queen.
Cannon shots are fired across the UK on Friday, from London to Belfast, in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
96 shots ring out in the capital at Hyde Park and the Tower of London, in reference to the age of the very popular monarch who died Thursday after 70 years of reign.
From the national anthem to banknotes and coins, stamps and passports, many aspects of daily life in the UK will change with the accession of Charles III to the throne.
Returning from Scotland dressed in a black suit, Charles III, 73, accompanied by his wife and now Queen Consort Camilla, shakes hands for a long time when he gets out of the car when he arrives at Buckingham Palace.
Charles III will be officially proclaimed king on Saturday, taking over from Elizabeth II.
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