After a national mourning for Elizabeth II, Britain is returning to normal

After 12 days of solemn homage to Isabel II, the The UK returned to normal on Tuesday, with the end of a period of national mourning and a return to the realities of a country facing crisis and a changing monarchy.

That flags of official buildings, half mast since the queen died on September 8 at the age of 96 at her Scottish residence at Balmoral, they waved high again.

For almost two weeks, London and the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, were the site of magnificent ceremonies: from the proclamation of the new King Charles III to the solemn funeral procession that carried the king to his final resting place in Windsor, where he was buried. along with her parents and husband. Traditional rituals and colorful medieval uniforms transport the country, and the world it watches while watching television, to a time that is almost surreal.

But even though The British royal family will remain in mourning for another seven days, national mourning decided by the government to end on Tuesday.

London did a gigantic cleanup operation behind “burial of the century”held at Westminster Abbey, and which were unified nearly a million people on the streets, according to police estimates. Provisional data is estimated on the other hand at “over 250,000” people “passed through Parliament”, Culture Minister Michelle Donelan told Sky News, referring to the five-day funeral chapel at Westminster Hall, which saw expressions of genuine emotion and long lines to enter.