Report: Chinese delegation barred from queen’s coffin
The government says the park is now full and queuing is being “suspended” for at least six hours.
China’s ambassador to Britain has been banned from parliament for a year after Beijing sanctioned seven British lawmakers last year for speaking out against China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority in the western Xinjiang region.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s office declined to comment on a Politico report Friday that a Chinese delegation was prevented from visiting the Queen’s casket in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said he had not seen the report, but said that as the host for the Queen’s funeral, Britain should “follow diplomatic protocol and proper etiquette in welcoming guests.” “
A Chinese delegation is expected to attend the Queen’s funeral on Monday, which is at Westminster Abbey rather than Parliament. Funeral organizers have not released a guest list and it is unclear who from China may attend.
Conservative British lawmakers wrote to officials this week expressing concerns that the Chinese government had been invited to the Queen’s state funeral on Monday.
Conservative lawmaker Tim Laughton told the BBC that China’s invitation should be revoked, citing the country’s human rights abuses and treatment of Uyghurs.
After a day out of the public eye on Thursday, King Charles III traveled to Wales on Friday for the final leg of a tour of the nations that make up Britain, 70 years after his mother’s death last week. . throne
Charles, who was Prince of Wales for decades before taking the throne, visits Llandaff in Cardiff for a prayer and reflection in honor of his late mother and will receive condolences from the Welsh parliament, the Seanad.
Charles returned to London late Friday and will hold a brief vigil at his mother’s coffin in the evening with his siblings, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
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