Resurfaced Footage After Queen Elizabeth's Death Is ‘Still Heartbreaking'
Video recently shared on social media showed just how locals of London came together the day that Queen Elizabeth II died.
The footage captured by London tour guide, David Harry, known as The London Spy, showed a crowd outside of Buckingham Palace soon after it was announced that she had died.
"I captured this moment in history, barely half an hour after Queen Elizabeth's death had been announced," he wrote. "As a crowd started to gather outside Buckingham Palace, a single voice started to sing 'God Save the Queen,' and the crowd joined in."
"I cycled over as soon as I heard the news on the radio to catch this moment in history," Harry also said in the comment section on his post, which was filled with royal fans remembering the late queen and reliving the moment news of her death became public.
"Rest in peace to the greatest sovereign this nation has ever witnessed, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II," one wrote. "We miss you."
"When I heard the news I did have a tear in my eye she was our queen and solely missed," another said. "Charles is trying to be a good king but he has big shoes the fill."
"Bro I remember watching the news with my parent's one minute and then it just went black and suddenly they were all in black suits," another said, presumably referring to the historic BBC broadcast.
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The queen, who was 96 when she passed, had served as the UK's longest-reigning monarch having been crowned in 1953 at age 27. Her son, now King Charles, was coronated in May of 2023.
Upon what would have been his mother's 100th birthday last month, the King shared a heartfelt tribute in a broadcast message in her memory.
"Millions will remember her for moments of national significance; many others for a fleeting personal encounter, a smile, a kind word that lifted spirits, or for that marvelous twinkle of the eye when sharing a marmalade sandwich with Paddington Bear in the final months of her life...God bless you, darling mama. You remain forever in our hearts and prayers."
Most recently, the late monarch has been memorialized through fashion as an exhibit of her famed outfits have been on display at Buckingham Palace.
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This story was originally published May 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM.