‘I have to survive’: In east London, they think more about their bills than mourning the Queen

25-year-old couple Courteney and Liam won’t spend a penny on the late Queen Elizabeth II. Out of the question to leave a bouquet of roses or carnations in front of Buckingham Palace. “The money that will not go into the purchase of flowers will be used to pay our electricity bill”, loose, reassembled, Liam, construction worker who earns about “350 pounds per week”, or 400 euros. Here in Barking, a popular and multi-ethnic district in east London, 20 km from the golden lily flower gates of the famous palace, the disappearance of the monarch does not really bring tears to the red brick houses.