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The world bids farewell to a beloved monarch

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London | The world has bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, in possibly the most widely attended and watched funeral in history.

More than 200 political leaders and royals were among the 2000 people packed into Westminster Abbey on a cloud-scudded Monday morning for an elaborate, carefully staged state funeral lasting only an hour.

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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/the-world-bids-farewell-to-a-beloved-monarch-20220919-p5bj3a