The luminescent tribute to Her Majesty was part of an installation called ‘Reflections’ and was originally planned to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee The glimmering boats were attempting to recreate a beautiful ‘nighttime Canaletto scene’ – the Italian painter who’s best known for his canvases of Venetian canals The flotilla hopes to raise £20,000 for the RNLI, with the money going towards a new lifeboat station at Waterloo Bridge The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverage
See Details: Crowds gather to watch luminescent flotilla of 150 boats sail down the Thames in touching nighttime tribute to the Queen