Queen Elizabeth’s portrait released on February 6, 2022 to mark the start of her Platinum Jubilee year.Photo: Chris Jackson/Buckingham Palace via Getty

In this handout image released on February 6, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II is photographed at Sandringham House to mark the start of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Year, on February 2, 2022 in Sandringham, Norfolk.

Thousands of visitors have been gathering outside Buckingham Palace and lining up for hours outside the Palace of Westminster in order to pay their respects toQueen ElizabethII. But the sites are far from the only places in London that hold special significance in the life of the late monarch.

The Queen, who died on Thursday at age 96 ather castle in Scotland, was transported to Buckingham and then on to Westminster, where she will lie in state for four days. Members of the public were admitted to the building starting at 5 p.m. local time on Wednesday.

Those unable to wait in the now-miles-long queue might consider visiting the Queen’s birthplace, her childhood home or even her favorite shops. Here are just a few of the places that were near and dear to the moarch.

Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Abbey, London, During The Service Of Thanksgiving For The Life And Work Of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate.

At age 21 in 1947,Queen Elizabethmarried Lt. Philip Mountbatten at the world-famous church near the Thames River. Just a few years later, she was crowned there. Throughout the years she’s celebrated countless significant events here, including the wedding of her grandsonPrince WilliamtoKate Middletonin 2011.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

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The View from The Shard looking down on St Paul’s Cathedral on January 27, 2014 in London, England. A study has found that one in three 22-30 year olds are leaving their hometowns to move to the capital, which creates ten times as many private sector jobs as any other city.

Another of London’s most magnificent religious buildings was the site of many significant services, including those marking the Queen’s Silver, Gold, Diamond, and Platinum Jubilees. Her son King Charles also wed Princess Diana here in 1981.

17 Bruton Street

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29th May 1926: The Duchess of York (1900 - 2002) leaving 17 Bruton Street, on her way to the christening of her daughter Princess Elizabeth.

145 Piccadilly

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27th June 1927: George, Duke of York and Elizabeth, Duchess of York acknowledging the cheers of a crowd from the balcony of their home at 145 Piccadilly, London.

Clarence House

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Clarence House, London.circa 1990s (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabethlived at Clarence House, which is a part of St. James’s Palace just a short distance from Buckingham Palace, with her husbandPrince Philipand their son Charles. Princess Anne was also born here. After Elizabeth ascended the throne, the residence became home to the Queen Mother and Elizabeth’s sister, Princess Margaret. King Charles and his wife Camilla, now Queen Consort, have also called Clarence House home.

The Queen’s Gallery

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A visitor examines Caravaggio’s ‘The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew’ (L) as it hangs Giovanni Battista Caracciolo’s ‘Cupid Sleeping’ (2ndL), Domenichino’s ‘St Agnes’ (2ndR) and Tintoretto’s ‘Esther before Ahasuerus’ (R) at The Queen’s Gallery of Buckingham Palace in London, 29 March 2007

The Queen’s Favorite Shops

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London, United Kingdom - May 1, 2011: Exterior of Selfridges department store in Oxford Street with a taxi in the foreground waiting for a customer.

Queen Elizabethgave many of London’s finest purveyors of everything from clothing to cars to tea her official seal of approval, known as Royal Warrants. Quintessential British department store Selfridges, above, is one such warrant holder, as are Fortnum & Mason’s tea room in Piccadilly and the pharmacy chain Boots.

source: people.com