We still remember how Britain grieved death of Queen’s father George VI, say mourners at Palace

As thousands of mourners continued to arrive at Buckingham Palace to lay bouquets and pay their respects to the late Queen, two visitors have recalled their memories following the death of her father 70 years ago. 💐

September 11, 2022 5:48 pmto lay bouquets and pay their respects to the late Queen, two visitors have recalled their still-vivid memories following the death of her father 70 years ago.

“We were kids, just running around, but all the people in the street were pulling their blinds down,” Mr Hudson, now 85, said. People shut their curtains and blinds as a mark of respect and a sign – harking back to the First World War – that someone in their lives had died, Mr Hudson said. “He was a much-loved King, and a gentleman with his speech impediment, so I think people could relate to him as a person, despite the fact he was royalty,” she said.stretched back to the Blitz during the Second World War , when he was very young.“There was a photograph of her driving the ambulances in London – she must have been 18 and was Princess Elizabeth then – it was over the door of our bomb shelter, the school had a bomb shelter outside the street,” he said.

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We still remember how Britain grieved death of Queen’s father George VI, say mourners at PalaceAs thousands of mourners continued to arrive at Buckingham Palace to lay bouquets and pay their respects to the late Queen, two visitors have recalled their memories following the death of her father 70 years ago. 💐
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