Queen Visits Barracks as Dead Soldier’s Family Urges Calm
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Woolwich Barracks in London, near where a soldier was killed last week, as his family appealed for calm amid rising tensions over the terrorist attack.
The monarch, who expressed concern at the killing last week, had already been scheduled to go to the barracks in the southeast of the capital before her visit was given additional resonance by the murder. One of the roles of the British royal family is to offer comfort in times of crisis. The queen met military personnel connected with the dead soldier, Lee Rigby, and involved in the response to the killing in private before having lunch in the sergeant’s mess, Buckingham Palace said.