Month: September 2022

“Unsurpassed pomp and public spectacle” gave way to “intimacy” as the Queen was laid to rest, The Guardian says, noting that the Queen’s “final farewell” belonged only to her family.

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch was laid to rest in a private ceremony, away from the cameras and surrounded by only her loved ones, the paper reports.

The Metro’s wrap features two images, with front showing the King and Prince William walking behind the Queen’s flower-strewn hearse. The second shows the procession as it enters Windsor Castle, with hundreds gathered on both sides of the town’s Long Walk to watch her “journey’s end”.

“Until we meet again…” – that is the Daily Mirror’s tribute to the Queen following her funeral. The front page shows the late monarch’s coffin being carried by pall bearers, adorned with flowers, the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre.

The Sun also opts for a full wrap, with the front page photo dedicated to the procession carrying the Queen to her final resting place in Windsor. Under the headline “We sent her victorious,” the paper describes the funeral as “the biggest farewell in history, while its black back cover merely says “God bless the Queen” and “God save the King”.

God rest our Queen – that’s the headline on the front of the Daily Express, while its back writes “God save the King” next to a picture of the new monarch, his eyes visibly red from what the Times describes as a “day of history marked with tears”.

Financial Times says Liz Truss has admitted that a UK-US trade deal, long seen as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit, is not on the horizon, as she arrived in New York on her first overseas trip as prime minister.

The Guardian says Britain may not strike a free trade deal with the US for years, Liz Truss has admitted ahead of her first bilateral meeting with Joe Biden.

The Independent says Brexit trade deal negotiations with the United States will not restart for years, Liz Truss has conceded.

All of Tuesday’s front pages are dedicated to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Mike Ashley has announced he will step down from the board of Frasers Group – owner of the Sports Direct chain, the retail billionaire founded decades ago.