Young Canberra dancer Gabrielle Krinas flew to London on Thursday 19 October after being invited to compete in The Margaret Fonteyn International Ballet Competition.
At least 250,000 people joined the huge line to see Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lying in state for four days in London's Westminster Hall at parliament, an official says.
Queen Elizabeth's closest relatives were ashen-faced as they followed her coffin to Westminster Abbey for her funeral, in a meticulously choreographed procession that nevertheless betrayed the high emotions of the day.
King Charles and other senior British royals have followed Queen Elizabeth's coffin into Westminster Abbey, joining world leaders and monarchs to bid farewell to a beloved figure who unified the nation through her 70-year reign.