IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES – Since last Thursday, official limousines designed especially for pageantry have been driving members of the royal family.
The Rolls-Royces and other ceremonial Bentleys that slept much of their time in Her Majesty’s garages must have received a quick “polish“to be ready on Thursday evening at the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Since then, they have been rolling in their slow and majestic train on the small green Scottish roads, from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, or in the wide arteries of London between the various palaces of the capital. These bodies, as high as they are long – the queen had to be able to climb on them without removing her headgear – enhanced by their chrome grilles in the shape of a Greek temple are part of a ceremony that seems timeless.
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It must be said that, for lovers of old mechanics – which included Elizabeth II, paramedic during the Second World War – they have not aged a bit, despite the passage of time. Sign that the monarchs pass, but not the monarchy. The parade began on Friday when the new Charles III…
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