Death bells - from St Paul's Cathedral to Westminster - in memory of Queen Elizabeth, who passed away yesterday after 70 years of reign. 

The United Kingdom mourns the death of its Queen, on the first day of mourning, marked by 96 cannon volleys - one for each of the years lived by Her Majesty - fired from Hyde Park as from other places in the country by military units of honor.

Previously Downing Street had issued a note to communicate, on the sidelines of a meeting of the new Tory government of Liz Truss, the "full unity" of the executive in support of the new King Charles III. 

A rigid ceremonial will mark the before and after the funeral of the sovereign which could be held on 19 September.

The tangible signs of the condolences of an entire country, and of the world, are in the thousands of bouquets of flowers and tickets that are left by the subjects on a silent pilgrimage in front of the royal palaces, in the maxi screens that pay homage to Elizabeth II, in the flags at half mast. .

Only on Saturday, during the Council for the ascent to the throne of Charles, will they be at full mast, then they will lower themselves until the day after the funeral.

It will be the new King who will determine the final details of the ceremony.

Today he will meet Prime Minister Liz Truss and possibly Edward Fitzalan-Howard, current Duke of Norfolk and responsible for planning the Queen's funeral, to approve the program for the next few days.

The mourning of the royal family

Buckingham Palace has announced that the mourning of the royal family will last from today until seven days after Queen Elizabeth's funeral.

"After the death of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty the King's wish is that a period of mourning be observed from now to seven days after the Queen's funeral. The date of the funeral will be confirmed in due course," it reads. in the palace note, in which it is specified that mourning "will be respected by members of the royal family, by the staff of the Royal House and by the representatives of the Royal House in official positions". 

In the royal residences the flags at half mast will remain in this position until 8 am following the last day of mourning of the royal family.

"The position of the flags at half mast in the royal residences - it is specified - does not apply to the royal standard and the royal standard in Scotland when the king is in the residence".

"The royal residences will close until after the queen's funeral."

This was announced by the Royal Family in a press release.

Closed royal residences include the Queen's Gallery and Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace and Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh. Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, the Queen's private properties, will also close for this period, as well as Edinburgh Castle. Hillsborough, official royal residence in Northern Ireland.

National mourning

The indications are those of a period of national mourning of 12 days, to be sanctioned by the government, during which the coffin of Elizabeth will be exposed to the popular obeisance in the Palace of Westminster (as happened for the last 20 years ago her mother, the Queen Mom, who died over 100 years old in 2002) and that the solemn funeral takes place in Westminster Abbey on the 12th day. 

The UK government has issued guidelines that will need to be followed, stating that there is no need to close businesses and cancel sporting events at the discretion.

According to the Guardian, business managers and event organizers may consider closing or postponing - particularly on the day of the state funeral - but they are not obliged to do so.

Also with regard to cultural and sporting events, the choice is left to the discretion of the organizers.

"As a sign of respect, organizations may wish to consider postponing events or closing venues on the day of the state funeral," the guidelines read.

"But - it is specified - they are not obliged to do so and it is entirely at the discretion of the individual organizations".

In case they decide to proceed, the government asks to coordinate the times so that they do not conflict with funeral events. "As a sign of respect and to maintain the tone of national mourning - it is further explained - the organizers could hold a moment of silence or perform the National Anthem at events and sporting events. Athletes may wear black mourning bands. "

Flowers for the Queen

The Royal Family, in a statement, has provided the directions to follow for anyone who wants to pay a floral tribute to honor the death of Queen Elizabeth. 

"After the death of Her Majesty the Queen, members of the public who wish to leave floral tributes to the royal residences are provided with the following information - reads the note from the Royal Family -.

At Buckingham Palace, members of the public will be invited to place floral tributes at sites dedicated to The Green Park or Hyde Park.

Flowers left outside Buckingham Palace gates will be transferred to The Green Park Floral Tribute Garden by The Royal Parks.

Further indications will be published by The Royal Parks ". 

At Windsor Castle, floral tributes can be left at Cambridge Gate on Long Walk.

These flowers will be brought into the castle each evening and placed in the garden on the south side of St George's Chapel and Cambridge Drive.

"At the Sandringham estate, members of the public are encouraged to leave floral tributes to the Norwich Gates," the Royal Family communiqué reads. At Balmoral Castle, floral tributes can be left at the main gate. At the Palace of Holyroodhouse, members of the public are invited to pay floral tributes to the Wardens at the entrance to the Queen's Gallery. Those flowers will be placed in the courtyard garden in front of the north turret of the building. At Hillsborough Castle, floral tributes can be placed on the castle courtyard, in front of the gates main ".

Flowers and messages of condolence were left in front of British diplomatic offices and places of worship around the world.

The BBC publishes images of groups of people gathered in front of the British embassies in Washington and Tokyo, of the flowers deposited near the photograph of Elizabeth in front of St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney and next to the monument dedicated to Elizabeth in Ottawa.