Manchester man to make 800 mile trip from Austria to attend Queen's funeral
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Mancunian devastated by the death of the Queen plans to travel 815 miles to attend her funeral. Robert Frazer, 35, who was raised in Manchester and now lives in Zell am See, Austria, is to fly to London on Saturday.
He plans to get up at 4am the next day to avoid queues and see the Queen lying in state. Then he will watch the funeral live in a public place on Monday. Read more: LIVE updates as huge queues form to see Queen's coffin lying in state as Manchester prepares for royal visit Robert, a holiday resort manager, says he 'spent a fortune' on a hotel in central London to ensure he doesn't miss the ceremony.
He said: "I want to make a real physical gesture of how the monarchy is important to me. It's easy to write comments on websites, but actually going and doing it feels significant. "Also, this is a unique moment – there's not going to be anything like this or on this scale ever again.
I am going there to witness actual history." Robert, who says he's been a monarchist all his life, said he was 'shocked and bewildered' when learning of the Queen's death.
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