Vast crowds gathered in London and Windsor for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, joined by a host of world leaders, royalty and other dignitaries, to farewell a much-loved monarch.
Many said the scale and pageantry captured how they felt and was a fitting goodbye to Britain's longest serving monarch, who died on September 8. She had been on the throne for 70 years.
The funeral, capping days of pageantry and ceremony, drew hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of the capital and billions of viewers on television.
The events underlined the affection and respect a majority of Britons felt toward the 96-year-old monarch.
"Her late majesty famously declared on a 21st birthday broadcast that her whole life would be dedicated to serving the nation and Commonwealth," Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Communion, said in his sermon at Westminster Abbey.
"Rarely has such a promise been so well kept. Few leaders receive the outpouring of love that we have seen."
The grief of the day was shared not only by those in Britain but across the world, he said.
