Russia: "Moscow's exclusion from the Queen's funeral is immoral"

   Russia considers its exclusion - imposed by the British government of Liz Truss together with that of only Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma, Syria and Venezuela - to be "profoundly immoral" and "blasphemous" from any invitation, even at the level of ambassadors, to the funeral of Tomorrow's state of Queen Elizabeth II.

This was underlined by the BBC by relaunching a harsh statement issued two days ago on the matter by Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Moscow Foreign Ministry.

    London - in the words of Zakharova, also entrusted to her social profiles - would have decided to "try to exploit a national tragedy, which has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world, for geopolitical purposes and against our country".

    The BBC itself also highlights how current relations between Russia and the United Kingdom have collapsed to a level of hostility even higher than that of the Cold War, after the invasion of Ukraine.

And he notes how the Kremlin - despite having sent a warm message of condolences in the name of Vladimir Putin, and then a second message of congratulations to the new king, Charles III - had excluded from the beginning a hypothetical participation of the president at the funeral in London. . 

ANSA agency

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The homage of the people ends today, Carlo receives the leaders

Meanwhile, the record influx of crowds towards the final tribute to Queen Elizabeth's remains, exhibited at Westminster Hall, continued for the fourth and final night, despite the minimum temperatures in London again below 10 degrees.

Waiting times for those in line are now around 13 hours (after having touched 24 at the peak of Thursday), with the closure of the accesses to the queue scheduled for the day.

Meanwhile, the arrivals in the British capital of heads of state, government and representatives of countries from every continent continue (about 500 in total), invited to the solemn state funeral of the 96-year-old sovereign tomorrow from 11 am in Westminster Abbey, before the private burial at Windsor Castle.

Among others, President Sergio Mattarella is expected, while Joe Biden has arrived from the USA.

Today the VIP dignitaries will be welcomed by King Charles III and the queen consort Camilla at the palace for a formal pre-funeral reception: a reception which will also be attended by the political leaders of the United Kingdom (starting with the new premier Liz Truss, expected before an audience face to face with Carlo) and the senior members of the Royal Family.

However, the "yellow" about the dukes of Sussex, Harry and Meghan remains to be dissolved: according to a newspaper they initially received an invitation to participate in the event at the behest of the king - Harry's father - only to be revoked by the court ceremonial. being more active in representation of the dynasty since the tear following their transfer to America in 2020. In the evening, finally, the full broadcast of