An RCMP honour guard has delivered the flag-shrouded casket of Brian Mulroney to a cavernous hall across from Parliament Hill.
Members of Mulroney’s family were left alone to pay their respects as two days of the former prime minister lying in state got underway.
Please enable JavaScript to view this content. Open this photo in gallery: Sentinels change around the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: People greet members of the Mulroney family as former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state. Blair Gable/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Mark Mulroney, son of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, kisses the head of his mother Mila, while they wait for the casket of their father and husband. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: The insignia of former prime minister Brian Mulroney carried by an RCMP honour guard as his casket arrives in Ottawa. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: People queue to pay their respects to former prime minister Brian Mulroney. ASHLEY FRASER/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: People line up to pay their respects as former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state in the Sir John A. Macdonald building. Blair Gable/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen lines up to pay his respects to former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Members of the Mulroney family follow as an honour guard carries the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Adrian Wyld/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A honour guard carries the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney into the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Former prime minister Joe Clark and his wife Maureen McTeer pay their respects as former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays his respects to Mila Mulroney and Mulroney family members. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Canadian Governor General Mary Simon and her husband Whit Fraser pay their respects to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. BLAIR GABLE/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus, Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagne and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bow their heads. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre pay their respects. BLAIR GABLE/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Mila Mulroney (C), widow of the late Brian Mulroney, and daughter Caroline Mulroney (2nd R), watch the arrival of the former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to lie-in-state. ASHLEY FRASER/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pays his respects at the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays his respects as former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: The motorcade, including the hearse carrying the former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, arrives at Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. ASHLEY FRASER/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: RCMP arrive to serve as pallbearers for the late former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. ASHLEY FRASER/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Former prime minister Brian Mulroney lies in state the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: A honour guard carries the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney into the Sir John A. Macdonald building. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Former governor general Michaelle Jean pays her respects. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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