Flag at half mast at the White House, Empire State Building illuminated… Thousands of kilometers from Buckingham Palace, the United States, a former British colony, also shared their grief Thursday evening after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The death, at the age of 96, of this unsinkable monarch, who has seen all the powerful of this world pass by and met 13 American presidents, represents “the end of an era”, considers José Reyes, 37, in the middle of the screens of bustling Times Square, right in the center of New York.
In the United States as elsewhere, it is time for tributes. A stone’s throw from Times Square, the imposing Empire State Building lit up at sunset. It shone in purple, the symbol of the monarchy, and silver, the color of the Queen’s 70th anniversary, celebrated last June.