A nation remembers: Crowds of solemn mourners, moments of silence and knitted postboxes… how Britons are paying their respects to the Queen

• Colourful tributes to the Queen have been spotted all over the nation this week
• 60,000 runners stood for a moment of silence before the Great North Run
• Spitfires and Hurricanes took part in a flypast in honour of the Queen in Duxford
• Full coverage: Click here to see all our coverage of the Queen’s passing

On beaches, in the skies and on high streets, colourful tributes to the Queen have appeared.

Across the country, in fields, villages and town centres, Britons have found creative ways to express their love and respect for Elizabeth II.

Wherever there was a big event yesterday, everyone took a moment to remember the much-loved monarch.

Around 60,000 runners stood in silence at the start of the Great North Run in Newcastle, the world’s biggest half marathon.

In Doncaster, the sport of horse racing held two minutes of silence before the St Leger Day races began.

Around 60,000 runners stood in silence at the start of the Great North Run in Newcastle, the world’s biggest half marathon on Sunday

A postbox topper to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II was spotted in Pulloxhill in Bedfordshire

In Doncaster, the sport of horse racing held two minutes of silence before the St Leger Day races began

The Queen was a lifelong fan of the ‘sport of kings’ as well as being a successful owner in her own right.

And it was a particularly emotional moment for leading figures in racing, such as jockey Frankie Dettori, who knew her well.

At the Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow, Spitfires and Hurricanes took part in a spectacular flypast in honour of the Queen. Elsewhere around the land a variety of ingenious tributes have popped up.

Retired GP Claire Eason, 57, released poignant drone images showing the tide washing away a 65ft image of the Queen on a postage stamp etched on sand.

She had created the stamp on Bamburgh beach in Northumberland for the Platinum Jubilee in May. She said: ‘As I was filming with the drone the tide came in and I captured it just touching the image… I held on to it because I knew we would be saying goodbye at some point.’

Sand artist Claire Eason revealed her own unique tribute to the Queen after she created a giant postage stamp portrait on Bamburgh beach in Northumberland

Equally stunning was the Queen’s portrait and royal monogram carved into a watermelon by a man from Thailand and left outside Buckingham Palace ‘on behalf of Thai people who live in the UK’.

In shop windows on high streets up and down Britain, huge images of the Queen have been placed or projected alongside touching messages.

And talented crafters had their say, adorning postboxes with a colourful variety of knitted royal figures and memorabilia.

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