The Queen is welcomed by senior officers to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast LondonReuters
The Queen is welcomed by senior officers to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast LondonReutersThe Queen is presented with a bouquet of yellow posies by Alice Edward, aged six, from SalisburyReutersThe Queen is met by the families of serving personnel as she arrives at the barracks where Drummer Lee Rigby served to pay respects to the fallen soldier. during a visit to The Kings's Troop at Woolwich Barracks in southeast LondonReutersHer royal highness choose a green dress coat and matching hat for her visit to Rigby's barracksReutersEthan Pagan-Skelley, 18-months old, throws a tantrum and rolls around on the floor crying as his mother is introduced to the head of state.ReutersQueen Elizabeth watches a display of gun carriages during a visit to the King's Troop at Woolwich Barracks.ReutersSoldiers visit makeshift memorial on the street outside the barracks following Lee Rigby's death. Rigby was a member of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.ReutersThe Queen presents Operational Service Medals to Regimental Quarter Master Jeremy Faulkner and Lance Bombardier Dannielle Parker during a visit to The Kings's Troop at Woolwich Barracks.ReutersA Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she intended to meet "those who coordinated the barracks' response to the events of last week and some of those who formed part of Drummer Rigby's chain of command".ReutersThe Queen gently touches Harlequin, a ceremonial horse she gifted to The Kings Troop.Reuters
The Queen has paid her respects to British soldier Lee Rigby who was killed in a daylight attack just a few hundred meetings from the barracks in south London where he was stationed.
The monarch met former colleagues and officers at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in a trip arranged before Rigby's death.
She also had a private meeting with military personnel who coordinated the barracks' response to news of the death and officers who were in Drummer Rigby's chain of command.
Rigby was a member of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
