From what date the Queen’s funeral will be held to where she will be buried, here’s what we know about the Queen's funeral so far.
In the coming days, the Queen’s coffin will be brought from Balmoral, where she died peacefully with her eldest son at her bedside, to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, the monarch’s official residence when in Scotland. From there, it will be taken in procession to St Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, where the Queen will lie at rest for 24 hours. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects.
From Edinburgh, the Queen’s coffin will be taken to London, where she will lie in state in Westminster Hall for around four days, according to the. Members of the public will be able to file past the coffin, which will be draped in the Royal Standard – the flag that represents the Sovereign and the UK – and pay their respects. When the Queen Mother lay in state in Westminster Hall before her funeral in 2002, thousands of people queued for hours to view her coffin.
The Queen, Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh, and behind them Prince William and Prince Harry, at the Queen Mother’s funeral in 2002.The date of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral is yet to be confirmed by Buckingham Palace, but it will take place within two weeks of her death. Likely dates are Sunday 18 September or Monday 19 September.
World leaders and heads of state will join the royal family – including King Charles III and the Queen Consort, the Duke andThe funeral service will be broadcast on television. More than 13 million viewers in the UK watched the coverage of the
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