A royal guard fainted and fell face-first onto the ground as he was protecting Queen Elizabeth's coffin. Mourners gasped as the guard hit the deck as he was holding vigil next to the late monarch's casket at London's Westminster Hall on Wednesday (14.
09. 22), following the queen's death last Thursday (08. 09. 22) aged 96. Two police officers rushed to the guard's aid. It occurred as a set of guards were starting to swap duties in a changeover.
The queen's coffin is on a catafalque, a raised platform, at Westminster Hall, where guards from the Sovereign's Bodyguard, the Household Division, and Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London are keeping watch 24/7.
The late royal's casket arrived at Westminster Hall in a royal procession at 3pm on Wednesday, and an estimated one million mourners are expected to queue in an attempt to pay their respects in person by walking past the queen's coffin as she lies in state until her funeral on Monday (19.
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