Her death at Balmoral sparked a constitutional process which saw her son proclaimed King across the British Isles in centuries old ceremonies.

Her Majesty’s funeral process was a well practiced display of British pomp and ceremony, which started after her death when her coffin was taken from Balmoral through Scotland, back to London, where many thousands of people paid respects as she lay in state.

I’ve reached the back of the queue in Southwark park pic.twitter.com/wgLnbcxY5e
— Paul Watts (@StoneDeCroze) September 15, 2022

Among the people who made the pilgrimage to see the Queen’s coffin was Guernseyman Paul Watts

He told Express it was something he felt he had to do.

“My wife and I were chatting and I just felt it was a part of history and I wanted to come and do it. My late mother in Law was a staunch royalist, to the point that we’ve got a picture of her kissing Prince Charles when she met him in the 1970s. My father in law would have loved to come but it would have been difficult for him.

“We looked at it, and I thought I’d love to do it and I could represent them and the rest of the family.

“We saw the queue on the news on Wednesday night, and when I woke up Thursday morning and found out the people at the back of the queue on Wednesday night had gone through, I decided to do it.”

Pictured: Chris George captured the local tributes to Her Majesty.

Official tributes following Her Majesty’s death came from island dignitaries and also charities which she had been involved with. Individuals who had met her paid tribute too, including David Hands who works at Moores Hotel.

A royalist at heart, he told Express how a photograph of the time he met the Queen has pride of place on his bookcase.

Pictured: Chris George captured this meeting between David Hands and Queen Elizabeth II, when he showed her a photograph of their previous meeting.

Later in September a monumental moment in local politics and social history occurred when the States passed the island’s first anti-discrimination legislation.

It wasn’t smooth sailing with a number of amendments lodged and a lengthy debate before the first phase of the prevention of discrimination law was passed.

Campaigners gathered outside the Royal Court and packed the public gallery of the States chamber to show their support for the new law, which some had spent 15 years campaigning for.

Pictured: Equality campaigners celebrated after the anti discrimination legislation was passed.

October saw Inersurgical close its doors in Guernsey – leaving nearly 100 people out of work.

The manufacturing firm had been present in Guernsey for nearly 40 years and had employed more than 250 people at its peak busy times. During the covid pandemic its work had increased as it produced multiple medicinal and health products, however demand for its products decreased and with factories moving to Europe the decision was made to close the Guernsey site.

Many of the staff are believed to have been employed by other manufacturing firms such as Offshore Electronics.

October also saw the merger of Bailiwick Express Guernsey’s parent company with the Jersey Evening Post. The merger created the largest local media company which will see further investment in both the JEP and Express next year.