The Guardian’s lead image shows the pallbearer carrying the Queen’s coffin up the steps at the darkened entrance to the George VI Memorial at Windsor Castle, above a report by Caroline Davies about the most intimate part of the day: a family farewell. Other pieces by Jonathan Freedland, Esther Addley and Marina Hyde assess the future, past and present of the monarchy. The Mirror chooses a similar image on a front page poster for its tribute edition, showing the beloved objects above the casket in full effect. A subdued title in small font simply says “… until we meet again”. The Times again chooses a front page, showing the coffin entering Westminster Abbey with the headline: ‘Conveyed to her rest’. The back page contains a quote from Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell: “So leave your silly rows, for none can you secure But one, who never changes, Your God, your life, your cure you”. Express uses its wrap to signal a farewell to the past and a look to the future. The Queen’s coffin dominates the front page next to the headline ‘God Rest Our Queen’, while a tearful salute from King Charles III adorns the back, with the exclamation: ‘God Save the King’. The Financial Times looks down on the coffin in the nave of Westminster Abbey and chooses a quote from Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for its headline: “People who offer love are rare in every walk of life. Leaders of loving service are rarer still.” The Telegraph hosts a tender moment for its main image, which shows King Charles placing the Company Camp Color of the Grenadier Guards on the Queen’s coffin. “An outburst of love” is the headline, above Hannah Furness’s five-column report that day. The Sun stays in its royal purple and is one of the few papers to feature the crowds that gathered for the farewell. In a picture of the funeral procession along the Long Walk in Windsor, the upbeat caption is “We sent her out victorious”. The reverse page of its wrapper shows the coffin lowered to its final resting place. The Mail chooses the image of the coffin being lowered into the vault at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, with the headline: ‘Her final journey’ for its 120-page bumper edition. Metro captures King Charles’ somber expression as he looks at the flower-strewn hearse as it arrives at Windsor Castle. The crowds lining the Long Walk form the back page of its cover. Tomorrows Paper Today 📰 THE FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN 🔴 The King walks alongside the covered hearse carrying his mother’s coffin at Windsor Castle 🔴 The final part of the Queens procession from London yesterday as her family and the nation bid farewell pic.twitter.com/VRCJomkV4M — Metro (@MetroUK) September 19, 2022 The i carries a historical note in its title: “The End of the Elizabethan Age” and describes in its hallmarks how Monday’s “spectacular military display” brought London to a standstill. The Northern Echo shows the proceedings in London and chooses to use a quote from BBC presenter Kirsty Young for its headline: “Wrote history, was history”. The National in Scotland gives its front page to Pipe Major Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, who marked the end of the funeral service at Westminster Abbey with a powerful rendition of Sleep, Dearie, Sleep on the gkapes. The Daily Record showed the Queen’s coffin being carried into Windsor Castle, with the caption ‘Rest in Peace, Queen Elizabeth’. Further afield, the timings allowed Australian newspapers plenty of time to place their own stirring op-eds on their front pages. Amid debate over whether Charles should be Australia’s head of state, Tuesday’s newspapers were united in covering the occasion in subdued tones. The Age (‘The Last Farewell’) and Sydney Morning Herald (‘We’ll Meet Again’) both showed the Queen’s coffin being driven to Windsor Castle, while the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph tried to capture the feeling of readers with their titles. : “Thank you, our queen”, and “Rest in peace, ma’am” respectively. Adelaide’s Advertiser had the headline “Eternal Queen”, and Queensland’s Courier Mail “Thank you, our Queen”. National newspaper The Australian calls the late monarch “Elizabeth the Great” and focuses on King Charles’ sad expression over her image, with the headline: “We shall meet again”, perhaps echoing Welby’s reference to the Vera Lynn song. , which the Queen used in a broadcast during the worst of the Covid pandemic.
