Her Majesty in mind… as the nation says goodbye: Royal fan captures clouds over Portugal appearing to show the Queen in her tiara, mourners in Kent create stunning memorial out of 250 candles after rainbow appeared over Windsor
- A royal well-wisher spotted a cloud floating over Portugal which reminded them of Queen Elizabeth II
- The remarkable photo appears to show the Queen’s profile looking downwards while wearing a tiara
- Last night residents in Orpington used 250 candles to create an impressive tribute to the late Monarch
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A Brit abroad in Portugal has shared a picture of a cloud formation which he said resembles a profile of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara.
Holiday-maker Ian Mclaren was driving north yesterday evening when he looked up into the sky and saw the clouds forming in the shape of the Queen wearing her crown while looking downwards.
When he took the photo he said that it was travelling in the right direction ‘for such a cloud to reach the UK for the funeral’.
The goodbye skies?
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Meanwhile in the UK, a community group of residents in Orpington, south east London, gathered together yesterday to pay their respects to the late Monarch by creating a huge profile of her majesty out of 250 candles.
Each resident placed down one candle each to form a huge outline of the Queen, together they made a twinkling profile similar to one seen on a postage stamp.
Video footage from a drone shows the collective efforts of the community and the impressive scale of the tribute.
An outline of the Queen’s profile was laid down on the floor and then residents came up to pay their respects and place their electric tealights down.
Yesterday rainbows appeared above Westminster and Windsor, on the eve of the Queen’s funeral amid Londoners revelling at a stunning red sky over Big Ben.
A rainbow was seen over Windsor Castle in Berkshire, where the Queen spent most of her time during her long reign and was known to be fond of.
A British holidaymaker in Portugal spotted a cloud formation which looks like the Queen wearing a tiara yesterday evening, he said it was travelling in the right direction to arrive for the funeral
A community group of residents in Orpington, south east London, gathered to pay their respects to the late Monarch by creating a huge profile of her majesty out of 250 candles
A picture from a drone shows the impressive scale of the candle tribute to the Queen and the residents surrounding it
A rainbow is seen over Windsor Castle in Berkshire, where the Queen spent most of her time during her long reign and was known to be fond of
Nature’s own memorial: A rainbow appeared yesterday over Westminster Abbey and Parliament while Londoners revel at a stunning red sky over Big Ben
The skies seemed to say a last goodbye to the Monarch yesterday who has been a central figurehead of the country for over 70 years, and Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
Elizabeth II was synonymous with Windsor Castle, where rainbows appeared, and where she spent much of her time especially after the death of her beloved husband, Prince Philip, in April last year.
Her Majesty also gave her name to the tower which holds the bell of Big Ben, which has was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
And the rainbows were seen also overhead the Queue, which saw countless mourners lining up overnight to see the Queen lying in state.
It comes as rainbows were also spotted outside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle on the day of Her Majesty’s death, on Thursday, September 8.
A rainbow also appeared when people gathered outside Buckingham Palace on the day the Queen died, aged 96, in Balmoral on Thursday, September 8
The Union flag is pictured being lowered on Windsor Castle as a rainbow covers the sky on September 08, when the Queen died last week
A rainbow is seen in a semi circle over Westminster Hall yesterday evening as people continue to join the queue to see the Queen lying in state
A rainbow is seen over the Big Ben on the eve of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century
A British woman shared an image of a cloud formation resembling Queen Elizabeth floating over an English town, captured just an hour after the monarch passed away.
Leanne Bethell, who lives in Telford in England’s west Midlands, shared the photo on Facebook, pointing out that it looked remarkably similar to the Queen wearing her signature hat.
‘Driving home and Lacey starts shouting OMG! I panicked. Then she pointed this image out in the clouds,’ Ms Bethell said on Facebook.
Brits weighed in on the oddly shaped cloud formation.
‘You only see it if you look for it. Maybe it is a sign or maybe we are just looking for a sign from above, who really knows,’ one wrote.
‘All I do know is this lady devoted her life to us so with the utmost respect. R.I.P Queen Elizabeth II,’ one user commented.
‘My girly Liz always watching over us,’ wrote another.
Leanne Bethell, who lives in Telford in England’s west Midlands, shared a photo to Facebook of a cloud formation resembling Queen Elizabeth just an hour after her death
A Buckingham Palace spokesman released a statement on September 8 confirming her passing, saying: ‘The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow’
The stunning picture, taken by Becky Luetchford, of the Queen’s profile in glowing clouds was taken hours after the Queen passed away
Another mourning member of the public shared a picture of a cloud which appears to show the monarch’s side profile
A picture shared with MailOnline of a cloud which looks like a silhouette of the Queen wearing one of her famous hats
Another woman sent in a picture which her husband took of a cloud in Deal, Kent, which she believes resembles the Queen’s face
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