Death of Queen Elizabeth marked around world with tributes and flowers

Melina Yanez of New York lays a set of flowers near the British Consulate General, after Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, in New York, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

LONDON (Reuters) - As world leaders paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth on her death aged 96 on Thursday, ordinary people in Britain and around the globe paid their own respects to a woman who had been the face of her nation for more than 70 years.

On a rainy London night, thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace, in central London, some laying floral tributes outside the black iron gates. There were similar scenes outside the queen's Windsor Castle home. Black cabs lined up outside the palace to pay homage to the Queen.