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The official broadcast of the BBC has logically focused on the slow and solemn journey of the gun carriage that transports the coffin of Elizabeth II through the streets of London, which leaves the British capital in a motorized hearse, of the luxurious Jaguar brand, in the direction of Windsor Castle.
However, other journalists and photographers have not wanted to miss the opportunity to immortalize various European kings, as well as other heads of state and government from around the world, as they left Westminster Abbey after the funeral, specifically at the west gate of the Anglican temple. Many of them have queued for orderly access to the most modest line buses that have been chartered to transport such dignitaries from the city center to their hotels or embassies.
Among them were the kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Doña Letizia, and their Dutch equivalents, Guillermo and Máxima, but also some elderly monarchs such as Margaret of Denmark., 82, who attended the funeral in the company of his eldest son Federico, heir to the Danish throne. As reported by the reporter Peter Walker, from the British newspaper The Guardian, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has not joined this trip, since he would have chosen to wait for his official car, an armored limousine and known as ‘The Beast ‘, for his return. Nor has it been possible to confirm that Juan Carlos I, suffering from obvious mobility problems, and his wife, Doña Sofía, have returned to their rooms by coach.
“Now we are witnessing the curious phenomenon that half of the kings and queens of Europe have to stand in line, waiting to get on a bus that has not yet arrived. Probably the monarchs of the most bicycle-loving countries, the Netherlands and Denmark, think it’s very good. But no sign of Biden yet. Perhaps he will have to leave last if he insists on being transported in The Beast, ”this journalist has tweeted.
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