Standing room only as New York’s Churchill Tavern sees Queen on her way
by Adam Gabbatt in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#63T08)
Despite the 5.30am opening time, there were plenty inside to watch live TV coverage of the funeral from Westminster
It has been almost 250 years since the US announced its independence from the British monarchy, but in New York City on Monday morning there was plenty to suggest that some affection remains.
A mix of American royal family enthusiasts, flag-bearing British tourists, and scurrying local TV journalists filled the Churchill Tavern, a British bar a few blocks south of the Empire State Building, to watch the Queen's funeral, the crowd observing an hour of hushed silence as the monarch was sent on her way.
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