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Media Talks ‘Elizabeth II’s Last Journey’: How British Media Reported The First Day of Funeral Procession 9/12/2022 06:30am

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Media Talks ‘Elizabeth II’s Last Journey’: How British Media Reported The First Day of Funeral Procession  9/12/2022 06:30am

London – It even seems to have come to an agreement: for the fourth day in a row, the editors of the British press have put creativity aside and selected the same photograph on their front page, this time with Queen Elizabeth’s coffin being carried in Holyroodhose Palace, in Scotland.

While many headlines and headlines on Sunday used the phrase “show of unity” to highlight the joint visit of Prince William and Harry’s wives, Kate and Meghan, to the Windsor Palace gate, where the subjects pay tribute, today the dominant phrase is “The journey of Elizabeth II.”

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The coffin containing the remains of the queen, who died at the age of 96 on 8 February, has not left the British media since the early hours of Sunday.

The main networks live stream the journey of the funeral procession through Scottish towns, from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, with a fan base filming and photographing along the streets and roads throughout the day.

Today is the first Monday after the death of the queen, who has spent 70 years on the throne, and the rise of a new king, and the question is: will the British media resume an almost normal life this week, deal with other issues or deal with other issues? He focused on the affairs of the monarchy if he was to continue.

Two newspapers are already in the II. He gave signs that they had no intention of reporting on Elizabeth’s death.

The Guardian brings to its front page the same image of the coffin wrapped in the royal flag used by others, using the standard phrase of the day:

“The Queen begins her final journey.”

However, after the obvious gains of the occupied country, the place was shared with the Russian attack in Ukraine.

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The Financial Times did the same, highlighting the escalation of attacks in Ukraine and covering other economic issues.

In the headline about Queen Elizabeth’s death, FT added a political touch to King George III.

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But the rest seem willing to follow along with the same emotional tone and theme that dominated the covers.

“The Queen’s final journey home begins,” she says. I Another British media outlet that uses the phrase on the journey to report the start of the Queen’s funeral rites.

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So is the Daily Telegraph, a big supporter of the monarchy and Queen Elizabeth in the British media.

All column calls from columnists are on positive topics related to the Queen or King Charles.

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While reporting “the final journey” on its front page, The Times also highlighted the 5 million crowd in London expected to see the queen’s coffin from Wednesday.

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The Daily Mail newspaper also used the metaphor of the journey. “The saddest journey… now a long goodbye”.

But staying true to the tradition of the British press’s famously sensational gadgets, its cover featured a “special report” on how brothers William and Harry approached to visit Queen Elizabeth’s tributes.

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While the title suggests that the article contains the text message sent by William to Harry with the invitation, that’s not quite the content.

Author Richard Kay recounts that other means have already aired, including the knowledge that the act of approaching would be an individual initiative of the older brother, without the father’s intervention – something hard to believe.

The newspaper lost a multi-million lawsuit filed by Meghan Markle for publishing excerpts from the letter bomb she sent to her father after the royal wedding.

In separatist-leaning Scotland, the Daily Record titled “The People’s Lady – a thousand streets lined up for the monarch’s last journey”, with Queen Elizabeth II. He emphasized the popular admiration for Elizabeth.

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With the death of the Queen, one of the thorny issues for King Charles and the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss is a new plebiscite attempt in Scotland to decide on the independence of the United Kingdom. in the British media and political debate.

During the proclamation of Charles as King in Edinburgh on Sunday morning, a group of Republicans booed, but the protest went almost unnoticed in the British media, which favored the emotional tone and narrative of the glorification of the Queen Elizabeth figure. II – and as a result of the institution of monarchy.

source: Noticias

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