A double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace and Westminster on the evening of Sunday, September 18, the eve of the late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.
Numerous Brits in the capital were left in awe at the sight as dozens of images were posted across social media.
Journalist Annelise Nielsen captured the amazing sight on camera, saying: "A rainbow has just appeared in the Sky next to Buckingham Palace while the diplomatic reception is underway. Sensing a bit of a theme here."
The BBC’s Sophie Raworth also captured the rainbow and shared on Twitter, writing: "As the sun set over Westminster tonight, the crowd gasped."
Twitter user Leanne wrote: "Now this is a rainbow. What a special treat for Buckingham tonight."
Recall that a double rainbow was spotted over Buckingham Palace on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's death. The double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace minutes after Queen Elizabeth's death was announced (read here).
Queen Elizabeth II will be buried today, September 19.
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As Queen Elizabeth II Lies in State at the Westminster Hall, mourners waiting to pay their respects to the late monarch had to wait for over 19 hours to get to the front of the line.
Entrance to the queue to pay tribute to the Queen was initially paused for "at least" six hours as it reached capacity, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS) said.
Now, entrance to the queue has resumed, with expected waiting times at one point hitting 24 hours.
Queuing times were lasting as long as a full day and overnight temperatures will be cold, the government's official queue tracker has warned.
Later into Friday evening, the queue wait time had reduced to just over 19 hours.
The queue to reach the Queen’s coffin was almost five miles long when it was paused on Friday morning, tailing back from Westminster all the way to Southwark Park.
A crowd formed around the entrance as people begged to be let in.
"That has always been part of our planning and that is to make sure as many people as possible in the queue can enter the Palace of Westminster."
The UK Meteor Network received over 200 reports of the "fireball" being spotted in the night sky at approximately 9pm on Wednesday September 14.
Videos shared online showed a large bright object flying from left to right in a downwards angle followed by a long tail.
It was gathered that people spotted the ball of light in the skies above parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland.
Many UK residents also reported hearing a loud bang as the object entered the Earth's atmosphere and shot past the sound barrier.
Alan McGowan, of Dunblane, Stirlingshire, said: 'I saw it arc slowly across the night sky as I drove through Dunblane with my dad around 10pm. It was a huge burning ball of green with an orange flaming tail. It was amazing to see. At first we thought it was a crashing plane or helicopter then realised it was likely a meteor.'
Danny Nell, 21, witnessed the meteorite when out walking his dog in Johnstone, west of Paisley and Glasgow.
He said:
"I was walking my dog and it was strangely enough 10pm on the dot, and I just saw the flash in the sky and pulled out my phone and recorded it.
"I thought it may be a firework at first because there was a lot of Scottish football on but quickly realised it wasn't and just grabbed my phone to see if I could catch it."
Some witnesses claimed that the object crashed north of Glasgow although there has been no proof of an impact.
Hours after announcing that it is “investigating to ascertain what the object was - a meteor or space debris", the UK Meteor Network have now announced that the object, which was seen burning through the atmosphere for about 20 seconds, was "definitely a meteor".
The UK Meteor Network Network said the object came to a stop between 50km and 100km (31-62 miles) west of Islay.
"It came on an asteroidal orbit and entered the atmosphere at 14.2 km/s," the network tweeted. "The observed portion of the trajectory covered over 300km. If any meteorites did fall, they ended up in the ocean."
The expert group said it is "now 100% confident this was a small part of an asteroid".
Some scientists have also used video footage captured by the public to work out whether the object was a meteor or space junk, and where it came from.