A book of condolence for the death of Queen Elizabeth II has been opened at Barnet Parish Church and will be available for signing until the state funeral on Monday 19 September.
The church door will remain open every day from 9am to 6pm and members of the public are invited to sign the book and light a candle if they wish.
A service of memorial and requiem eucharist in memory of the Queen was held at St John the Baptist.
A special service of thanksgiving was held at Christ Church, Barnet, where there was also a book of condolence.
The Chipping Barnet MP, Theresa Villiers, who is a Privy Councillor, attended the Accession Council in St James’s Palace to hear the first formal proclamation of King Charles III as the new monarch.
The following day she joined members of Barnet Council to hear the Mayor of Barnet read out the proclamation outside Hendon Town Hall.
Ms Villiers had also taken part in the formal tributes to the Queen in the House of Commons and then at the gathering of both House of Parliament in Westminster Hall where addresses were formally presented to King Charles.
In a statement on her website, she offered her sympathy and condolences to the Royal Family on behalf of her Chipping Barnet constituents.
https://www.theresavilliers.co.uk/news/statement-rt-hon-theresa-villiers-mp-her-late-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii
She recalled that she had been privileged to meet the Queen on a number of occasions during the seven years she had served in the government.
The Queen was a remarkable woman with great charm, warmth, and kindness. She had a habit of coming out with unnervingly frank and direct comments on matters in the news, often with a twinkle in her eye.
“I have to confess that I was so star struck in her presence that I scarcely felt able to string a sentence together, but if she noticed that, she was far too kind and polite to say so.”
One unsettling moment was when Ms Villiers was summoned to Balmoral in 2012 to receive the seals of office after her appointment as Secretary of State for North Ireland.
“On entering the sitting room at Balmoral, I very nearly trod on a corgi!”
Ms Villiers was privileged to accompany the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their 2014 and 2016 visits to Northern Ireland.
“The Queen’s enthusiasm for that very special part of her kingdom was always clear.
“I recall an audience which she was kind enough to grant me at Hillsborough Castle when she remarked gleefully that she always felt a sense of such excitement flying into Belfast and catching sight of the Harland and Wolff cranes.
“She said: ‘You know there is only one place in the world you can be when you see those cranes’.”
