Queen's funeral: 45 pictures from across the North East

Whether it was a big screen in Newcastle, church services in North Yorkshire or pubs in Darlington, town centres and high streets were deserted as people paused to watch the funeral on TV.

A single toll from Big Ben signalled the start of the service at Westminster Abbey, where kings and queens have been crowned since 1066, and where the new monarch was sitting surrounded by the royal family he now leads.

King Charles III and his siblings – the Princess Royal, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex – had marched behind their mother’s coffin as it travelled the short distance from Westminster Hall, where the Queen had been lying in state for four days, to the ancient Abbey.

Tens of thousands have filled the capital to pay their last respects just a few hours after the last person had filed past the Queen’s coffin, bringing to a close the symbolic ritual.

Take a look at our gallery of pictures from across the North East below 

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