Enjoy: Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Westminister Abbey in London

Washington Examiner Personnel

September 19, 03:27 AM September 19, 03:27 AM

The late Queen Elizabeth II is staying honored by relatives, the Church of England, and main world dignitaries at her funeral Monday early morning.

The funeral, which expected to have upwards of 4 billion viewers globally, will be an elaborate assistance in Westminster Abbey. In addition to individuals watching at household, as lots of as 750,000 folks are considered to have traveled to London to pay out their respects as her majesty was lying in point out in Westminster Corridor in advance of the funeral. Many of people mourners have lined the streets to view as her casket was transported to the church.

Virtually 100 heads of state — such as President Joe Biden, Canadian Primary Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine’s Initially Girl Olena Zelenska, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as nicely as the presidents of Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Eire, Italy and Poland — are in attendance for the ceremony, which commenced at 6 a.m. EST (11 a.m. GMT community time).

The service will be led by prime Church of England leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Following the Westminster ceremony, the queen's casket will be introduced to Windsor Castle for a committal company in St. George's Chapel before she is buried upcoming to her late husband.

Flight of queen's casket to London most tracked in record

Brady Knox

September 13, 10:32 PM September 13, 10:32 PM

The flight of Queen Elizabeth II's casket from Edinburgh, Scotland, to her final resting place in London has turn out to be the most-tracked flight in historical past.

The queen's coffin was carried in processions all-around Scotland, in which the queen died at the age of 96 last 7 days. She was then flown from the country's cash to London on Tuesday, drawing in a report 5 million-additionally viewers.

"The Royal Air Pressure flight carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt in close proximity to London established an all-time flight monitoring history on Flightradar24 with 5 million individuals pursuing alongside. 4.79 million people today considered the flight across Flightradar24 net and mobile application expert services and a even more 296,000 adopted the flight through YouTube live stream," the flight-tracking company Flightradar24 reported in a website article.

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"In overall we processed 76.2 million requests linked to this flight by itself — that is any motion by a consumer, like clicking on the flight icon, clicking on the plane information and facts in the still left facet box, or modifying options," it included.

The new history beats the 1 established just final month: Property Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) controversial flight to Taiwan on Aug. 4. Even while Pelosi's flight practically crashed Flightradar24's servers, in accordance to an additional blog put up from the service, it recorded 2.92 million whole viewers. The most recent history blew past this number, ensuing in identical troubles.

"In the to start with minute of the aircraft’s transponder activating, 6 million people attempted to click on on the flight carrying the Queen. That put unparalleled strain on the Flightradar24 system, significantly outside of even what we knowledgeable when the US Speaker of Home flew to Taiwan," the support claimed. "Even however our system endured less than this kind of large load, Queen Elizabeth II’s final flight from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt, is by significantly the all-time most tracked flight on Flightradar24 and will likely stay at the major for a very long whilst."

The queen's funeral will be held on Sept. 19 at Westminister Abbey, the exact same locale as her 1947 wedding ceremony and 1953 coronation, according to Men and women journal. She will be laid to relaxation upcoming to Prince Phillip, her partner of 73 many years.

Initially version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone headed to auction

Luke Gentile

June 05, 07:00 AM June 05, 07:00 AM

A signed 1st edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is established to hit the London auction block.

The scarce version of J.K. Rowling's 1997 operate will characteristic in the Christie's auction titled "The Artwork of Literature."

A mere 500 copies of the initially novel in the Harry Potter sequence had been printed during the book's preliminary operate, in accordance to a report. At minimum 300 went to libraries, and the relaxation were being sold.

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What will make the initially version so rare are its defects, according to the report. "Thinker" is spelled improperly on the back protect, and a wand is outlined two times on a Hogwarts student's provide checklist, the report famous.

Nonetheless, another crucial characteristic is the work's title.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the book's first title in the United Kingdom, but American publisher Scholastic altered the title to Sorcerer's Stone.

Scholastic reportedly thought the phrase "philosopher" would discourage youthful individuals from acquiring the e book.

The scarce version will hit the auction block July 14, and bidding is slated to start off at $250,000.