East Herts Council service honours life and reign of Queen
An open-air service hosted by East Herts Council to give thanks for the Queen's life and reign included formal tributes, choral music and a minute's silence.
The event on Friday (Sept 16) at the authority's Hertford headquarters, Wallfields, included addresses by chairman Cllr Ian Devonshire, from Much Hadham, leader Cllr Linda Haysey, Liberal Democrat group leader Cllr Mione Goldspink, from Bishop's Stortford, and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Fergus McMullen.
Cllr Devonshire said: "It was my privilege to lead formal tributes on behalf of the council today; to give thanks for Her Majesty the Queen and to commemorate her extraordinary life and reign.
"I would like to thank the Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Fergus McMullen, for joining us, along with the councillors, residents, council staff and local singers who gathered to remember Queen Elizabeth II and pay their respects."
The council contingent was joined by residents of the Signature at Bentley House care home who wanted to pay their respects.