Mourners gathered on the British consulate to point out their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Ex-pats and Yanks alike flocked to the Higher East Facet Saturday to specific their grief over the demise of Queen Elizabeth II — however have been shocked to search out New York’s British consulate locked up tight.
“We thought we would be capable to go in and signal the visitor e-book, give our condolences, as a result of these are very particular circumstances,” mentioned Trudy Ferrier of Edinburgh, Scotland.
“However no,” she lamented. “They don’t open the doorways till Monday.”
“These type of moments make you are feeling actually homesick,” Thea Scotti, initially of Alfriston in East Sussex, mentioned as she positioned a bouquet of pink roses, Queen Anne’s lace and white freesias on the sidewalk exterior the workplace’s 2nd Ave. door.
“I keep in mind bringing flowers to Buckingham Palace after Princess Diana died,” Scotti mentioned. “Queen Elizabeth dealt with the aftermath with such grace and calm. She knew precisely what we wanted. When wasn’t she inspiring?”
Anna from London, bearing eight English roses as a tribute to the late monarch, known as her “somebody you can look as much as.”
“She all the time carried herself with such grace and class. She handled everybody as equals,” Anna mentioned.
The spontaneous show of candles, Union Jacks and piles of orchids, sunflowers and roses in pink, purple and white, grew to about 75 bouquets because the day went on.
“Relaxation in peace Ma’am,” learn one handwritten card. “You may be deeply missed throughout your complete globe … God save the king.”
“We've got numerous celebrities that we put up on a pedestal, however she was born into this life,” mused Jennifer Downs, who proudly cited her Scottish ancestry though she was born in Tennessee.
“It’s kinda like a fairytale.”
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