In pictures: Balmoral, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle fill with flowers after Queen’s death

Queen Elizabeth’s loss of life has prompted an outpouring of grief within the UK, the place many mourners have gathered to pay their respects on the royal palaces.

Well-known British landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Fort - the place Her Majesty handed away yesterday afternoon - have turn out to be focal factors for the general public. Nonetheless, these which can be normally open to vacationers at the moment are closed till after the Queen’s funeral.

Around the globe, mourners have gathered at church buildings and British embassies to mark the loss of life of the UK’s longest-serving monarch of 70 years, and figurehead of the Commonwealth.

Round 30 million vacationers go to London yearly, although this quantity has dropped because the outtbreak of COVID. Many go to to discover the royal topography that makes up the capital - from Kensington Palace to the Tower of London.

For sightseers, a easy ‘No Guard Altering Ceremony’ signal exterior Buckingham Palace yesterday indicated the severity of the Queen’s sickness aged 96.

Having died in Scotland, plans generally known as ‘Operation Unicorn’ at the moment are in movement. The Queen’s physique will likely be taken from Balmoral in Aberdeenshire to her smallest Palace of Holyroodhouse, the royals’ official residence in Edinburgh.

There will likely be a procession up the Royal Mile to St Giles’s Cathedral, the place her coffin will lie in state for twenty-four hours earlier than being transported to Westminster Corridor.

Underneath Operation Unicorn plans, this journey was initially deliberate by practice - permitting folks to pay their respects at degree crossings and station platforms down the east coast mainline, with one other practice following behind to gather flowers from the tracks.

However the route described as “very sophisticated” by transport officers to the Guardian newspaper in 2017 might now occur by airplane.

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Buckingham Palace grew to become a direct web site of mourning after the Queen's loss of life was introduced yesterday afternoon.HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS
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An announcement was posted exterior Holyroodhouse yesterday. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," it reads.LEE SMITH/REUTERS
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Some folks travelled to the doorway of Balmoral Fort in Aberdeenshire, which was broadly believed to be the Queen's favorite residence.RUSSELL CHEYNE/REUTERS
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Mourners younger and previous left floral tributes exterior Buckingham Palace.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
A policeman sheds a tear exterior the gates of Buckingham Palace this morning.TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
Some folks additionally introduced their pets alongside to Buckingham Palace. The Queen's love of canine, and corgis specifically, is nicely documented.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
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A discover knowledgeable guests that flowers are being eliminated after 12 hours and positioned in a particular tribute space in close by Inexperienced Park.Richard Washbrooke/Information Photographs
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Windsor Fort's wardens stand in entrance of the doorway to the citadel, the place a whole lot of floral tributes have additionally been left.PETER NICHOLLS/REUTERS
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Individuals left heartfelt notes at Windsor Fort, the Queen's most important residence since 2011.Frank Augstein/AP
CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
Hillsborough Fort, the Queen's official residence whereas in Northern Eire, additionally attracted mourners final night time.CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
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From Northern Eire to London, the rain didn't deter folks from turning out in massive quantity to honour the Queen.Yui Mok/PA
JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
At tube and bus stops throughout London - reminiscent of this one exterior Westminster Abbey - digital promoting boards switched to portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS

Queen Elizabeth’s loss of life has prompted an outpouring of grief within the UK, the place many mourners have gathered to pay their respects on the royal palaces.

Well-known British landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Fort - the place Her Majesty handed away yesterday afternoon - have turn out to be focal factors for the general public. Nonetheless, these which can be normally open to vacationers at the moment are closed till after the Queen’s funeral.

Around the globe, mourners have gathered at church buildings and British embassies to mark the loss of life of the UK’s longest-serving monarch of 70 years, and figurehead of the Commonwealth.

Round 30 million vacationers go to London yearly, although this quantity has dropped because the outtbreak of COVID. Many go to to discover the royal topography that makes up the capital - from Kensington Palace to the Tower of London.

For sightseers, a easy ‘No Guard Altering Ceremony’ signal exterior Buckingham Palace yesterday indicated the severity of the Queen’s sickness aged 96.

Having died in Scotland, plans generally known as ‘Operation Unicorn’ at the moment are in movement. The Queen’s physique will likely be taken from Balmoral in Aberdeenshire to her smallest Palace of Holyroodhouse, the royals’ official residence in Edinburgh.

There will likely be a procession up the Royal Mile to St Giles’s Cathedral, the place her coffin will lie in state for twenty-four hours earlier than being transported to Westminster Corridor.

Underneath Operation Unicorn plans, this journey was initially deliberate by practice - permitting folks to pay their respects at degree crossings and station platforms down the east coast mainline, with one other practice following behind to gather flowers from the tracks.

However the route described as “very sophisticated” by transport officers to the Guardian newspaper in 2017 might now occur by airplane.

HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS
Buckingham Palace grew to become a direct web site of mourning after the Queen's loss of life was introduced yesterday afternoon.HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS
LEE SMITH/REUTERS
An announcement was posted exterior Holyroodhouse yesterday. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," it reads.LEE SMITH/REUTERS
RUSSELL CHEYNE/REUTERS
Some folks travelled to the doorway of Balmoral Fort in Aberdeenshire, which was broadly believed to be the Queen's favorite residence.RUSSELL CHEYNE/REUTERS
JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
Mourners younger and previous left floral tributes exterior Buckingham Palace.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
A policeman sheds a tear exterior the gates of Buckingham Palace this morning.TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
Some folks additionally introduced their pets alongside to Buckingham Palace. The Queen's love of canine, and corgis specifically, is nicely documented.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
Richard Washbrooke/News Images
A discover knowledgeable guests that flowers are being eliminated after 12 hours and positioned in a particular tribute space in close by Inexperienced Park.Richard Washbrooke/Information Photographs
PETER NICHOLLS/REUTERS
Windsor Fort's wardens stand in entrance of the doorway to the citadel, the place a whole lot of floral tributes have additionally been left.PETER NICHOLLS/REUTERS
Frank Augstein/AP
Individuals left heartfelt notes at Windsor Fort, the Queen's most important residence since 2011.Frank Augstein/AP
CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
Hillsborough Fort, the Queen's official residence whereas in Northern Eire, additionally attracted mourners final night time.CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
Yui Mok/PA
From Northern Eire to London, the rain didn't deter folks from turning out in massive quantity to honour the Queen.Yui Mok/PA
JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS
At tube and bus stops throughout London - reminiscent of this one exterior Westminster Abbey - digital promoting boards switched to portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.JOHN SIBLEY/REUTERS

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