Historians say maintaining traditions like lying in state consistently through time is crucial to preserving reverence for the monarchy.
. Even in death, the pomp and pageantry to mark her passing evokes elaborate mourning rituals that seem to be frozen in time.
Historian Ed Owens believes it was a canny move by Edward VII to strengthen the bond between the crown and its subjects. Two former prime ministers — William Gladstone in 1898 and Winston Churchill in 1965 — also lay in state at Westminster Hall. Churchill also had a state funeral — the last one staged in Britain until Monday, when the state funeral for the queen takes place.
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