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Queen’s funeral viewers shocked after spotting spider crawling across coffin

Published 12:34 19 Sept 2022 BST

Updated 12:43 19 Sept 2022 BST

April Curtin
Queen’s funeral viewers shocked after spotting spider crawling across coffin

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'Bro there’s a spider running across the card on the queen’s coffin'

Eagle-eyed viewers who tuned in to watch the Queen's funeral got quite the shock when they spotted a pretty big spider crawling across her coffin. Footage of the creepy crawly running across a card resting on top of the late monarch's coffin circulated social media after it aired on Monday morning. "Bro there's a spider running across the card on the queen's coffin," one spectator wrote on Twitter. https://twitter.com/notscraggerson/status/1571803697499312129 The creature was spotted on the coffin as it was carried into Westminster Abbey, where 2,000 people were in attendance for the funeral. It included 500 presidents, prime ministers and foreign royals from around the world, many of whom took a school-trip like bus to the abbey. [caption id="attachment_359464" align="alignnone" width="720"] World leaders travel to the Queen's funeral by coach (Image: BBC)[/caption] Canadian Prime Minister [PM] Justin Trudeau, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern were amongst leaders who travelled to the Queen's funeral by bus on Monday morning. Trudeau said that “a lot of great conversations happen on the bus”, while Ardern said she didn't think the bus travel warranted “too much fuss”. [caption id="attachment_359455" align="alignnone" width="2048"]LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022 in London, England. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and ascended the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images) US President Joe Biden arriving at the Queen's funeral in presidential car 'The Beast' (Image: Getty)[/caption] US President Joe Biden was allowed to skip the coach trip, and UK PM Liz Truss also arrived in a separate convoy. Once the service and procession has ended, the Queen's coffin will be taken to Windsor for a private ceremony, where her body will be buried. Related links:

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Queen's funeral viewers shocked after spotting spider crawling across coffin