Queen Elizabeth II’s eight grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin

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Queen Elizabeth II’s eight grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin

All eight of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin on Saturday, highlighting another huge day in which thousands came to pay their respects to the monarch.

Many had huddled in line amid waits that stretched up to 16 hours, enduring London’s coldest night in months.

A tide of people wanting to say goodbye streamed into Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where The Queen’s coffin is lying in state, draped in her Royal Standard and capped with a diamond-studded crown.

Honoring their patience, King Charles III and his eldest son Prince William made an unannounced visit Saturday to greet people waiting to file past the queen’s coffin, shaking hands and thanking mourners in the queue near Lambeth Bridge.

Later, all the queen’s grandchildren stood by her coffin.

Prince William and Prince Harry, Charles’ sons, were joined by Princess Anne’s children, Zara Tindall and Peter Philips; Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; and the two children of Prince Edward – Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.

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