Biden to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth lying in state

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to wage tribute astatine the coffin of Queen Elizabeth successful London connected Sunday, joining hundreds of thousands of radical who person filed past the precocious British monarch arsenic she lies successful state.

Biden volition aboriginal articulation King Charles and scores of different satellite leaders and royals from astir the globe for a reception up of the expansive authorities ceremonial for Elizabeth connected Monday.

Elizabeth's assemblage has been lying successful authorities astatine the historical Westminster Hall since Wednesday, and radical from each walks of beingness and from astir the satellite person been filing past successful a constant, affectional stream, galore queuing overnight and immoderate for up to 24 hours.

"Her bequest volition loom ample successful the pages of British history, and successful the communicative of our world," Biden said successful a connection pursuing quality of the queen's decease connected Sept. 8.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was seen curtsying to the coffin, are among dignitaries who person already paid their respects.

Britain has hosted a bid of poignant, carefully-choreographed ceremonies successful the 10 days that person followed Elizabeth's passing, reflecting the traditions and pageantry of the British royal household whose lineage stretches backmost astir 1,000 years.

On Saturday evening, the queen's 8 grandchildren, including Charles's sons Princes William and Harry, held a solemn vigil astatine her coffin's side, pursuing a akin observance by her children the erstwhile day.

"You were our matriarch, our guide, our loving manus connected our backs starring america done this world," Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the daughters of Prince Andrew, the queen's 2nd lad and Duke of York, said successful a statement.

"Goodbye beloved grannie, it has been the grant of our lives to person been your granddaughters and we're truthful precise arrogant of you."

Later connected Sunday, a infinitesimal of nationalist soundlessness volition beryllium held astatine 8 p.m (1900 GMT).

The royals and the British authorities are present looking up to Monday's ceremonial astatine Westminster Abbey, the tract of coronations, weddings and burials of English and past British kings and queens since William I successful 1066.

London's constabulary unit has described the ceremonial arsenic the biggest information cognition it has ever undertaken.

Some 500 guests representing astir 200 countries and territories volition beryllium attending — presidents, premier ministers, kings, queens and sultans among their fig — and immense crowds are expected to throng the streets.

Britain has not held a authorities ceremonial connected the standard planned for the queen since that for World War Two person Winston Churchill.

The authorities said large screens to ticker the ceremonial would beryllium acceptable up successful Hyde Park successful London and successful cities crossed the country. The ceremonial volition besides beryllium aired unrecorded by 3 broadcasters.

Television ratings work Overnights.TV estimated that crossed the BBC and different channels carrying news, immoderate 33 cardinal radical successful Britain had tuned successful connected the time of her death.

Such has been the tendency to wage tribute to the fashionable monarch, the lone 1 astir Britons person known since her accession successful 1952, that tens of thousands person waited patiently successful a enactment stretching alongside the River Thames to walk a fewer little seconds astatine the broadside of her coffin.

By the clip her lying successful authorities ends connected Monday, officials person estimated arsenic galore arsenic 750,000 whitethorn person filed past.

"She wouldn't judge each this, she truly wouldn't," Prince William said arsenic helium joined his begetter Charles, the caller king, to talk to mourners waiting successful line. "It's amazing."