Thousands of police lined the streets of central London as they said farewell to terror attack hero and fellow officer Keith Palmer.
LONDON: Thousands of police officers across Britain marked a two-minute silence on Monday to coincide with the funeral of Constable Keith Palmer who was killed in last month's attack outside parliament in London.
PC Palmer was killed on Wednesday 22 March when Khalid Masood drove across Westminster Bridge at high speed before attacking the police constable with a knife.
"Today we pay our deepest respects to Palmer, and join with his friends and family in remembering and celebrating his life which was so outrageously cut short".
Before murdering Palmer, Masood had ploughed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in a 4x4 Hyundai Tucson, killing four people, including the Romanian tourist Andreea Cristea who fell from the bridge into the River Thames and died 15 days later.
Police officers and the public lined the route of the cortege as it travelled from the Palace of Westminster through the streets of south London.
London's new police chief, Cressida Dick, said after the funeral that Palmer had represented the "friendly face of British policing" and would be missed.
Mr Palmer's body was brought to the chapel at 2pm yesterday, with a special escort from the Metropolitan Police.
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Two National Police Air Service helicopters also performed a flypast and aerial salute. The coffin was then carried into the cathedral to the sounds of the organ.
At the end of the service, his coffin was again placed inside the hearse, which also had floral tributes reading "husband", "uncle", "Keith" and "son", and driven away to a private ceremony for family and friends.
Earlier on Monday, police officers paid poignant tributes to Palmer with the hashtag #StandForKeith.
A full police funeral for PC Palmer (48) is taking place in London's Southwark Cathedral.
He said: "I hope that people will be encouraged that the human response in the context of one bad act was many, many acts of goodness and kindness".
Aysha Frade, Leslie Rhodes, and United States tourist Kurt Cochran were also killed in the attack.
Ms Thornton said the gesture had had a "tremendous impact" on police as they go about their duty.
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