Huge crowds of tearful well-wishers flock to Buckingham Palace and Balmoral to pay their respects to the Queen
Officials brought a notice confirming the Queen's death to the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Thousands of people gathered to catch a glimpse of it on Thursday evening, with hundreds still outside the gates as darkness fell.Royal superfan John Loughrey, 67, from Wandsworth, south west London, wept outside Buckingham Palace as he said he “can’t believe” the news.He paid tribute to the “inspirational” Queen whose “duty always came first”.
Despite growing darkness and torrential rain, people gathered throughout the evening to pay their respects to the Queen at the Balmoral gates. More flowers have been laid on the roadside leading to the Balmoral gates, with one bouquet reading: "In tribute to a remarkable sovereign."Earlier on Thursday the Royal Family rushed up to Scotland to be at the monarch's bedside, with her four children - Prince Charles, Princess Anne, the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex - alongside Prince Harry and Prince William visiting her at her Aberdeenshire home.
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