Where a queue was a pilgrimage…

Where a queue was a pilgrimage… Britain's King Charles III sits in front of the coffin of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday. Photo: CNS

‘A pilgrimage’ – that was one of the most frequent descriptions of the vast queue, miles long, formed by the public filing past Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin before her funeral. And pilgrimage has another dimension that is both practical and symbolic” Pilgrimage is primarily religious in nature and its main purpose is to achieve holiness and…

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