St Paul’s Cathedral in London hosts a mass in memory of Elizabeth II

Sep. 9 () –

Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London hosted a formal mass in memory of England’s Queen Elizabeth II this Friday, the first religious event in homage to the late monarch and which was attended by civilians and political personalities.

The event, which began at 6:00 p.m. (local time), was attended by the British Prime Minister, Liz Truss; opposition leader Keir Starmer; and the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, according to the BBC.

Together with them, another nearly 2,000 anonymous citizens, after being accredited by the Local Information Center in the gardens of Carter Lane, have been able to enter the London cathedral to pay tribute to the monarch.

The start of the event was marked by the broadcast of the first speech by Charles III as King of England, replacing his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Then, the dean designate, Andrew Tremlett, in charge of leading the mass, took the floor to remember the queen for her “long life of service” to the country and the member states of the Commonwealth.

For her part, Truss, dressed in a black mourning suit, has risen from the first rows of the cathedral to go to the altar and read the Epistle to the Romans, the sixth book of the New Testament in which it is stated that “let us live or die, we belong to the Lord”.