London: A gun salute of 96 rounds took place across the UK on Friday, to mark each year of Queen Elizabeth II’s life.
96 shots were fired from Hyde Park and the Tower of London in the capital, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, and Cardiff Castle in Wales, as well as the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
Every round was fired every 10 seconds, with 96 rounds representing one round for every year of The Queen’s life.
The salute will last approximately 16 minutes.
#WATCH | The United Kingdom: Royal gun salutes of 96 rounds to mark each year of #QueenElizabethII‘s life taking place in London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
(Source: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/2CIGXzfQ97
— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2022
“This follows the British tradition of firing one round for each year of Her Majesty’s life,” Defence said, adding that the public will be permitted to view the gun salute from the forecourt of Parliament House “beyond an exclusion zone.”
From #APH‘s Great Verandah to the forecourt, members of the general public watched the spectacle — part of official Cth protocol when a head of state passes away. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch, died aged 96 on Thursday. https://t.co/tgBB3ftGTw pic.twitter.com/uG1IKmfDDH
— Melissa Coade (@Coadem) September 9, 2022
Following Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on Thursday India observes state mourning on Sunday.
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