Thousands leave floral tributes for their beloved Queen outside royal residences across the country
SEAS of flowers framed Royal residences yesterday as thousands turned out to honour the Queen.
Bouquets piled up at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandringham with well-wishers waiting patiently for hours to leave tributes.
Teary-eyed King Charles III appeared overwhelmed by the scenes outside Buckingham Palace.
He was met by tears from the crowd and joyful shouts of “God Save the King” in The Mall.
He carefully picked out delighted children on shoulders.
Dean Roberts, 55, of Dunstable, Beds, said son Billy, five, “was over the moon” after “Charles waved at him” as the youngster as he held a Union Jack.
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Billy added: “Wow, I can’t believe I’ve seen the King.
“He definitely smiled at me.
“He looks very sad but also happy to see us.”
One tot burst into tears when he saw Charles’s Rolls-Royce, screaming: “I’ve seen him.
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“He’s in the black car.”
Mum Olivia Lyon, 48, said: “He’s just been so excited.”
Dad Lyndon Webber, 35, said: “It’s the biggest moment in British history.
“I want my girls to remember it forever.”
Clutching pink roses, Rebekah, nine, and sister Aaliyah, seven, said: “I’m sad the Queen has died and gone to heaven. She was a kind nan and I liked her corgis.”
Aaliyah added: “She’s not in her Palace any more but she will always be in our hearts.”
Flowers covered nearby Green Park where the public pitched in to help gardeners remove the plastic wrapping around bunches.
Accountant David Farinha, 42, made the 5,000-mile trip from South Africa, saying: “The whole world should stop and remember what she’s done.”
Elizabeth Anderson, 33, arrived from New York and said: “She’s my adopted Queen.
“I had to show my love for her.”
Cries of God Save the King also rang out in Windsor where florists and supermarkets ran out of flowers.
Town crier Chris Brown said: “People here care about the monarchy and the new king.”
Well-wisher Jack, seven, left a note for the Queen’s great-grandchildren George, Louis and Charlotte, saying: “I am so sorry for your loss.
“We said goodbye to my great-grandma this week, she was 94 and also called Elizabeth.
“It is very sad, I hope you are OK.”
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At Sandringham, Norfolk, church leaders inducted a new rector Rev Canon Paul Williams to lead the mourners flocking there.
Jon Davies, 71, left blooms from his garden in nearby Hethersett and said: “I wrote, ‘You had this majesty about you, but you could walk among all of us.’”
