‘Ritual is important’ – why and how we are mourning Elizabeth II

In an extraordinary 10 days, hundreds of thousands of us have queued for hours to see the Queen lying in state, and millions more are grief-stricken. What is it about the nation that it is so viscerally affected by Elizabeth’s death?

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The press box for the Queen’s lying-in-state is an unobtrusive wooden construction, painted to blend seamlessly with Westminster Hall’s ancient walls. But though it stands at a discreet distance from the catafalque on which her coffin rests – unless you’re in possession of a long lens, it’s difficult to pick out the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre – it also affords a unique vantage point, one akin to being backstage at a theatre.

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