Nick Robinson: The ‘tap tap’ amid the silence of Westminster Hall
The only sound our correspondent could discern in the historic space was the changing of the guard. …
“Tap tap” – it came again. When the guards lowered their swords, “tap tap” one more time, as they lowered their heads bowed in respect. Beneath the bearskins, beneath the hats and caps, you see the faces of ordinary men and women proud to serve their country, to do their duty to pay their own special respects to the, now dead, Queen. They will not move, barely blink for 20 minutes, creating the scene that thousands upon thousands are coming here to witness, to say that they were there.
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