Jersey teenager carries the Queen's coffin during state funeral

Fletcher Cox (far left) is seen as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is loaded on to a gun carriage pulled by Royal Navy personnel to go from Westminster Hall to the State Funeral Picture: Nariman El-Mofty/PA Wire. (34290537)

A JERSEY teenager was watched by millions around the world as he had the honour of carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin during her state funeral today.

Former Grainville student Fletcher Cox (19) was part of a group from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards which carried Her Majesty’s coffin from Westminster Hall, where it had been lying-in-state, to Westminster Abbey.

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre, is carried into Westminster Abbey Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire. (34290529)

The guards formed again at the end of the ceremony to carry the coffin before the start of the long procession to Wellington Arch.

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