Two minutes of silence close the queen's funeral

(ANSA) - LONDON, SEPTEMBER 19 - The blessing of the assembly by the Reverend David Hoyle closed the solemn religious ceremony of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey.

This was followed by a blast of trumpets, then two minutes of silence in memory of the sovereign observed in the church, in London and throughout the Kingdom and the singing of the British non-national: in the revised and corrected version of GodSave the King, in honor of the new king. Charles III.

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