In this month’s issue of The Bridge, Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is remembered with pictures from Parishes across the Diocese where books of condolence were opened, bells were rung, requiem Eucharists and services of thanksgiving were held.

Rev Matthew Watts, curate at St Mary the Virgin Mortlake, played an important role in the Queen’s funeral. The Bridge writes:

“Viewers would have heard music arranged by The Revd Matthew Watts (Parish of Mortlake and East Sheen), a former Army musician in the Scots Guards Band and Staff Arranger for the Household Division. He was responsible for arranging the funeral music for royal funerals, including the State Funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth. “I was so proud of everyone there doing that job that I did for so many years. Only two years ago it would have been me there. I am proud of what I had done,” he said.”

Click here to read the full article in The Bridge.