On Thursday 8 September, when we heard that HM The Queen had died, we felt the ground shift a little under us. A constant in our lives had passed and we were entering a new era.

The Queen was the only monarch that many of us had ever known. We had seen or learned of her service during the war, celebrated her jubilees, and listened to her on Christmas Day. These, and many other touchpoints - including her image on our stamps and the notes in our wallets...