a prolonged period of mourning following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.The long-reigning monarch died Thursday at Balmoral Castle, Scotland at the age of 96.
On Friday afternoon, regiments gathered at significant sites across the UK firing a 96-round salute, with each round symbolizing a year of the queen’s life.
The salutes began simultaneously at 1 p.m., and took place at Hyde Park and the Tower of London, as well as at Cardiff Castle in Wales and Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
Death gun salutes were also performed in York, Portsmouth, Gibraltar and Belfast, Northern Island. One round was fired every 10 seconds, meaning the salutes lasted for more than 15 minutes in total.
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