Queen Mother dies at age 101

LONDON -- The great State Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral tolled Sunday in remembrance of the Queen Mother as people across Britain prayed for her at Easter services and admirers lined up at royal palaces to sign books of condolence. \nQueen Elizabeth II, who has lost her mother and her only sister, Princess Margaret, within seven weeks, attended a private service at Windsor Castle, grieving a much-loved royal matriarch who died Saturday at 101 years old. Prince Charles and his sons flew home from a ski trip to Switzerland to join the rest of the royal family. \nCrowds of admirers gathered outside Windsor Castle's gates, and some left flowers and notes. More than 50 bright bouquets of spring flowers rested against a St. James's Palace wall in central London where hundreds of people lined up on a chilly and overcast morning to sign books of condolence. More than a thousand visitors had signed the books by lunchtime and the figure had more than doubled by mid-afternoon.