The world pays its respects to the Queen: Mourners from around the globe watch on as Her Majesty’s funeral takes place

• More than four billion people around the world were expected to tune in to watch the Queen’s funeral today
• Many who spoke at the funeral service at Westminster Abbey this morning acknowledged her global influence
• In some of the 14 other countries where she was head of state, memorial services and parades were held
• In the Commonwealth country of Malta, where Princess Elizabeth lived with Philip, a 21-gun salute was fired
• The Queen’s funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverage

More than four billion people were expected to tune in to watch the Queen’s funeral today, with mourners across the globe watching on smartphones, on big screens, at pubs and in churches. 

People from around the Commonwealth and the world lit candles, waved flags and lay flowers as they watched the longest reigning British monarch being laid to rest. 

Many of those who spoke at the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey this morning acknowledged that this would be a momentous day not just for Britons.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told mourners: ‘The grief of this day, felt not only by the late Queen’s family but all round the nation, Commonwealth and world, arises from her abundant life and loving service, now gone from us.

‘She was joyful, present to so many, touching a multitude of lives.’ 

In some of the 14 other countries where the Queen was the head of state, memorial services and parades were held to commemorate her 70 years of service.

In Kolkata, India, women threw flower petals on to a picture of the late Queen Elizabeth II in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall

Buddhist monks held a prayer session to mark the funeral of Britain’s longest serving monarch in Kathmandu, Nepal

Members of the armed forces in Antigua and Barbuda took part in a parade for the late Queen, who remained head of state to the tiny nation after its independence in 1981, in the capital St John’s

The funeral was broadcast on big screens and in pubs and churches around the world. Pictured: a screening at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney

Locals and British expatriates gathered to watch the service on a big screen at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa

Members of the armed forces in Antigua and Barbuda took part in a parade for the late Queen, who remained head of state to the tiny nation after its independence in 1981, in the capital St John’s.

Beforehand, dignitaries, politicians and the military had attended a memorial service in the Cathedral of St John the Divine.

In Ottawa, Canada dignitaries gathered at Christ Church Cathedral for a solemn send-off to Queen Elizabeth, with former prime minister Brian Mulroney speaking of her ‘very deep love for Canada – its diversity, its geography and its history’.

In the Commonwealth country of Malta, where the then Princess Elizabeth lived briefly with her husband before she became Queen, a 21-gun salute was fired in the capital Valletta. 

People also gathered to watch the service at The Phoenicia hotel, where Elizabeth and Philip regularly attended dances between 1949 and 1951.

In the Commonwealth country of Malta, where the then Princess Elizabeth lived briefly with her husband before she became Queen, a 21-gun salute was fired in the capital Valletta

Members of the Antigua and Barbuda armed forces participated in a parade for Queen Elizabeth II in Saint John’s

In Ottawa, Canada dignitaries gathered at Christ Church Cathedral for a solemn send-off to Queen Elizabeth, with former prime minister Brian Mulroney speaking of her ‘very deep love for Canada – its diversity, its geography and its history’

People gathered to watch the service at The Phoenicia hotel, where Elizabeth and Philip regularly attended dances between 1949 and 1951

Mourners left floral tributes and held a candle-lit vigil as they watched the service outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong

While some gathered to watch the service in churches and pubs, others managed to catch a glimpse of the elaborate ceremony on their phones.

Big screens were also erected in Cape Town, Hong Kong and elsewhere to allow locals and British expatriates to come together and pay their respects.

Mourners held a candle-lit vigil as they watched the service outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong, Buddhist monks hosted a prayer session at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and women threw flowers on a picture of the late Queen in front of Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India.

In many Commonwealth countries national landmarks were lit up to pay tribute, with the sails of the Sydney Opera House once again being illuminated by a portrait of Queen Elizabeth.

While some watched the service on big screens, others tuned in on their mobile phones, such as this mourner in Nairobi, Kenya

In the Commonwealth country of Malta, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth with British and Maltese flags adorned a balcony in Sliema

A woman held a Union Flag and a candle as she attended a live broadcast of the state funeral outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong

And in some places public landmarks were renamed to honour historic day. 

Paris’s George V Metro station under the Champs-Élysées, which was named after the late Queen’s grandfather, was renamed Elizabeth II for the day of the funeral. 

The world’s media also demonstrated the remarkable impact Queen Elizabeth managed to have on people across the globe.

‘Few leaders receive such an outpouring of love’, Norway’s public broadcaster NRK said on its front page while Germany’s Tagesspiegel lamented that ‘we will never see anything like it again.’

Some 500 leaders from around the world crammed into Westminster Abbey for a service which was likened to a ‘global who’s who’ while two million packed the streets and an estimated 4billion tuned in from home for what was dubbed the ‘most-followed event in history’.

Paris’s George V Metro station under the Champs-Élysées, which was named after the late Queen’s grandfather, was renamed Elizabeth II for the day of the funeral

In Antigua and Barbuda dignitaries, politicians and the military had attended a memorial service in the Cathedral of St John the Divine

Families like this one in Nairobi, Kenya gathered to watch the historic funeral together

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