"God save the Queen," a voice cries out in Exchange Square seconds after the official announcement that Queen Elizabeth II had died at Balmoral, surrounded by her family.
At Manchester Cathedral, the St George's flag was lowered, while advertising boards throughout the city centre were replaced with photographs of Her Majesty, with the caption '1926-2022'.
It was only through these boards that some discovered the 96-year-old Monarch had passed away. Rita Corser dropped her shopping bag on the pavement near Piccadilly Gardens bus station and started to sob after spotting people taking photographs of one of the boards. “Oh my God, I was like ‘why are people taking pictures’,” a visibly shaken Rita said. “I didn't realise, I’ve been out all day, I’m so sorry.
May God rest her Soul. READ MORE : Queen Elizabeth II - an extraordinary life “She’s been there all the time. We grew up in Nigeria and she was our head of state and our parents were like ‘the Queen, the Queen, the Queen’.
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