The body of Elizabeth II, draped in the royal flag and imperial crown, is now on display under the vaults of Westminster Hall - the oldest part of the building.
To watch over the body, military units surround the coffin in uniform.
They are relieved every 20 minutes and rest for 40 minutes.
At 12:28 a.m. yesterday one of them, from the Royal Company of Archers - a Scottish bodyguard - suddenly collapsed during a changing of the guard.
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"
He is receiving medical treatment and the public parade has been temporarily interrupted
," said Charlie Proctor, editor-in-chief of the
Royal Central
, a specialist information site on the British monarchy.
The scene was filmed live by British media.
But the
BBC
-
Oh Shocking!
- immediately decided to cut the wide shot with the collapsed archer to broadcast an image of Big Ben lit up at night.
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Such a collapse is not uncommon.
Thus during the military ceremony of
Trooping the Color
to celebrate the sovereign's birthday at
Horse-Guards Parade
, many soldiers fainted for lack of movement, or because of the heat often.
On August 17, a pontifical Swiss guard fainted in front of Pope Francis in the middle of a general audience.
He was immediately rescued by the people around him, who helped him up.
The episode only lasted about twenty seconds.
On the images of the incident, we can see Pope Francis, seated on his large armchair upholstered in white fabric, watching with a worried eye behind his glasses the young guard in a colorful uniform coming to himself.
In Westminster, more than 700,000 people are expected to pay their respects to the queen before her funeral on Monday, September 19.