One of the royal guards watching over the Queen’s coffin at Westminster Hall has suddenly collapsed.
Members of the public file past, as soldiers of The Grenadier Guards and Yeomen of the Guard, stand guard around the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, inside Westminster HallThe guard was standing at the foot of the late monarch’s casket when he suddenly fell to the floor.
As he was tended to, the live vision quickly faded to exterior, night-time vision of the building. Over an hour later, the broadcast had still not returned to the scene inside the hall. The guards from units which include the Sovereign’s Bodyguard, the Household Division or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London are required to remain completely still at the four corners of the catafalque.
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