![]() The military will also join the procession. The Queen's coffin will be moved onto the state gun carriage which will be outside the north door of Westminster Hall.įrom there, it will be pulled by naval ratings using ropes instead of horses from the Hall to Westminster Abbey.Įnormous crowds of mourners are expected to line the streets in Westminster as King Charles and senior members of the Royal Family follow the coffin as they did at the funeral for Princess Diana and for Prince Philip. 10.30am: Queen's coffin is carried from House of Parliament to Westminster Abbey 9am: Big Ben will strikeīig Ben will strike clearly, before the bell's hammer is covered with a thick leather pad to muffle its strikes for the rest of the day, out of respect and deference to the late monarch. It will then close at 8.30am in preparation for the procession. The coffin will then be carried to Windsor, before the Queen is buried at St George's Chapel next to her husband Prince Philip.ģ1 shares 6am-8.30am: Last vigil at Queen's coffin in Westminster HallĪt dawn on the last day of national mourning, the King's bodyguards will begin their final vigil at the Queen's oak coffin in the Houses of Parliament. ![]() King Charles III and other senior members of the Royal Family, as well as the military, will follow the coffin while hundreds of thousands of mourners line the streets to pay their final respects to the late monarch.Īround 2,000 guests including Prime Minister Liz Truss and US President Joe Biden will then attend the hour-long televised service in the Abbey, which is expected to be one of the most watched live events in history - before the coffin is solemnly carried to Wellington Arch at 1pm via Whitehall, The Mall and past Buckingham Palace. Then on Monday, the coffin will be moved from the Houses of Parliament that morning on the state gun carriage and transported to the neighbouring Abbey. The Queen's lying in state is expected to begin in Westminster Hall in London on Wednesday afternoon. Her coffin will be flown to London on Tuesday, acccompanied by the Princess Royal, before being driven to Buckingham Palace. Scotland Yard has now been tasked with organising the most significant security arrangement in British history for the funeral.Īfter a night at the Palace of Holyroodhouse tonight, the Queen will lie in state for 24 hours at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. However, in a break with convention, Her Majesty - who died at Balmoral on Thursday aged 96 following many months of concern over her health - decided her funeral should be in the much bigger setting of Westminster Abbey. The funerals of kings and queens have been at St George's Chapel in Windsor since the reign of George III. It will be the first funeral service at the Abbey - which was the background to much of the Queen's astonishing life, from her marriage to her beloved Duke of Edinburgh to the Coronation - for a British monarch since that of King George II in 1760. ![]() Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 's state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday, September 19.
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