Queen's funeral

In addition to the British royal family, friends and close associates of Elizabeth II, as well as courtiers, some 500 foreign dignitaries have been invited.

. Her funeral on Monday will be one of the largest gatherings of heads of state in one place in British history. The exception that Naruhito and his wife will make in the case of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral reflects the close ties between the two families, royal and imperial. She sat on the British throne for 70 years Beijing announced on Saturday that the country would be represented by Vice President Wang Qishan. In addition to the British royal family, friends and close associates of Elizabeth II, as well as courtiers, some 500 foreign dignitaries have been invited to attend the Queen’s funeral. will attend the ceremony.

A total blackout on TV advertising was agreed with Buckingham Palace following the death of the Queen.

“We saw the biggest surge in newspaper sales for a Friday in recent memory, or frankly all memory,” he says, estimating sales rose 25% to 35% on the Friday after the Queen died. According to a senior executive at one newspaper group, national titles enjoyed one of the biggest ever week on week percentage rises in sales that Friday. However, the loss of so much advertising revenue and the The audience aggregator Overnights.tv has estimated that the day of the Queen’s death already tops the charts for total reach, with 33 million viewers tuning into the BBC and major channels carrying news between midday and 2am. ITV has planned its largest-ever outside broadcast, with all of its channels simulcasting ad-free blanket live coverage for the first time in history. And yet the biggest national event in decades will not provide a commercial bonanza for media firms.

Leaders touched down over the weekend ahead of Monday's royal funeral, which takes place in Westminster Abbey at 11 a.m. local time before a committal service ...

[told the Guardian:](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/16/we-wouldnt-put-charles-on-a-bus-gulf-royals-balk-at-queens-funeral-protocol?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1663339528) “If the King came to our neighbourhood, we would not put him on a bus. Expecting firm friends of King Charles to all gather like schoolboys on a bus to go to the funeral is not the start we were expecting. [told Reuters ](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabias-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-miss-queens-funeral-source-2022-09-18/)on Sunday. Russia’s [Vladimir Putin has not been invited.](https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-kremlin-not-attend-queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral/) President Joe Biden](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/18/biden-queen-elizabeth-00057382) and France’s Emmanuel Macron descended on the U.K. He added: “Sometimes you think you’ll never overcome it, but as I’ve told the King, she’s going to be with him every step of the way, every minute, every moment and that’s a reassuring notion. Biden was applauded as he and his wife Jill arrived at the Houses of Parliament by presidential car. capital to pay their respects to the late monarch Sunday, as the country prepared to say goodbye in grand style to its head of state for seven decades. A Kuwaiti official The U.S. So to all the people of England, to all the people of the United Kingdom, our hearts go out to you. [demanding the same treatment.](https://www.politico.eu/article/world-leaders-push-to-skip-bus-trip-to-queens-funeral/)

South Africa's anti-apartheid hero and former president died on 5 December 2013. Around 100,000 queued in Pretoria to view the semi-open casket during three ...

Several million people are said to have filed past her coffin during the two weeks she lay in state. Flowers were everywhere in Buenos Aires' streets. The funeral for Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris at the age of 36, was watched by an average of 32.1 million people in the UK in one of the biggest TV audiences. As with all such estimates, large crowds can be hard to accurately size up and are open to exaggerated claims. The funeral for King George VI in February 1952 was the first of a British monarch to be broadcast on television. The public queued for up to 24 hours to see him lying in state and the streets were thronged with hundreds of thousands of his supporters. Kim Il Sung was embalmed and lies in a glass sarcophagus in Pyongyang's Palace of the Sun. A huge portrait of the leader was driven along the procession route and footage shows people young and old crying and wailing hysterically as his coffin, on the roof of a hearse, went by. The 34-year-old's coffin, with one of his helmets on top, rested in a government building and people queued up to seven hours to pay their respects. Around 250,000 people visited his coffin, draped with the Stars and Stripes, as he lay in state for 18 hours in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington. There was a 21-gun salute and flypast, before the casket was lowered into the ground in a private ceremony. A memorial service was held in Johannesburg, with dozens of presidents and prime ministers in attendance, rivalling the turnout for the death of the Pope eight years earlier.

What music features at the Queen's state funeral? · Fantasia of four parts, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Organist of Westminster Abbey 1623-25 · Romanza (Symphony ...

- Andante Sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique, Op. - 3.53pm: the procession will stop at the bottom of the west steps into the chapel and the bearer party will lift the coffin from the state hearse and carry it up the steps - 7.30pm: the Queen will be buried with the Duke of Edinburgh in King George VI’s chapel at Windsor in a private service - 12pm: the funeral will be brought to an end by Reveille, the national anthem and a lament played by the Queen’s piper and the King will then lead his family in a procession to Wellington Arch [the end of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral](https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/prince-philip-funeral-music-songs-hymns-pieces-choir-st-georges-chapel-lyrics-960822?ico=in-line_link). [ full timings for the day of the Queen’s funeral](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-funeral-times-what-time-state-start-procession-route-map-plans-explained-1862081?ico=in-line_link) are as follows: The service will end with “Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 546)” which will be played after “God Save the King”, and was heard at [laid to rest](https://inews.co.uk/news/queen-where-buried-elizabeth-ii-laid-rest-prince-philip-st-georges-chapel-1850619?ico=in-line_link) alongside the Duke of Edinburgh [ in a private burial](https://inews.co.uk/news/queen-buried-with-prince-philip-will-elizabeth-ii-laid-rest-who-buried-1853066?ico=in-line_link) at the King George VI Memorial Chapel – here is all the music featuring during [the Queen’s state funeral](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-funeral-start-time-when-full-schedule-state-elizabeth-ii-buried-1858081?ico=in-line_link) and [committal](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-committal-service-time-when-funeral-timetable-explained-st-georges-chapel-1864054?ico=in-line_link). [state funeral will start at 11am](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-funeral-start-time-when-full-schedule-state-elizabeth-ii-buried-1858081?ico=in-line_link) and take place in front of [around 2,000 guests](https://inews.co.uk/news/who-attending-funeral-queens-state-guest-list-explained-how-many-people-going-1864149?ico=in-line_link) and [broadcast around the world](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/how-watch-queens-funeral-live-tv-coverage-start-time-schedule-bbc-itv-sky-channel-4-1864098?ico=in-line_link), before she [travels to Windsor](https://inews.co.uk/news/queen-funeral-route-map-procession-how-london-to-windsor-castle-times-explained-1861886?ico=in-line_link) for [a committal service](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-committal-service-time-when-funeral-timetable-explained-st-georges-chapel-1864054?ico=in-line_link) at [St George’s Chapel](https://inews.co.uk/news/where-st-georges-chapel-why-queen-buried-king-george-memorial-chapel-windsor-1863995?ico=in-line_link). - Melody (Three Pieces), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - In the Country Op 194 no 2, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) [Queen Elizabeth II ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/the-queen?ico=in-line_link)is being [ laid to rest](https://inews.co.uk/news/queen-buried-time-when-elizabeth-ii-laid-to-rest-private-service-windsor-king-george-vi-chapel-1856654?ico=in-line_link) in a [state funeral](https://inews.co.uk/news/state-funeral-what-meaning-when-last-uk-who-gets-explained-1847949?ico=in-line_link) at [Westminster Abbey](https://inews.co.uk/news/queen-funeral-where-ceremony-when-elizabeth-ii-buried-explained-1841863?ico=in-line_link) on [Monday](https://inews.co.uk/news/queens-funeral-plans-state-happening-todays-london-procession-1855098?ico=in-line_link).

Viewers in Ireland can tune in to watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on RTE One at 10.30am.

The coverage will follow the funeral service at Westminster Abbey, the procession escorting the late monarch through London to Wellington Arch and then on to St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where the queen is to be laid to rest. The Irish state broadcaster will be airing live coverage of the funeral from 10.30am on RTE One and RTE Player. The official funeral service for the queen will begin at 11am. RTE newsreader Ray Kennedy will present a special programme featuring coverage of the state funeral from Westminster Abbey, London with RTE journalist Kate Egan providing commentary of the ceremony. Viewers in Ireland can tune in to watch the funeral on RTE One and RTE Player. The funeral will be held on Monday, September 19 in Westminster Abbey with the service beginning at 11am.

Britain's King Charles III has welcomed world leaders to Buckingham Palace ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

The world's better for her," Mr Biden said after signing a book of condolences. At Buckingham Palace a reception hosted by King Charles for the dozens of world leaders has been taking place. Mr Biden said the queen, who reigned for a record-breaking 70 years until her death on 8 September aged 96, exemplified the "notion of service".

THE QUEEN sadly passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022, and the UK entered a period of national mourning ever since then, which will last until He.

[How old was the Queen](https://www.thesun.ie/news/877901/queen-elizabeth-birthday-how-old/)when she died? [David Hoyle](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9400915/dean-of-westminster-david-hoyle/) MBE, Dean of Westminster will give say a bidding prayer, followed by the first hymn, The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended. [D-Day](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9379080/what-is-d-day/)? [Queen's coffin](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9378969/queen-lying-in-state-live-queue-tracker-how-long-start/)? [Queen be buried](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9379085/where-the-queen-buried/)? [bank holiday on the day of the Queen's funeral](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9378983/bank-holiday-day-queens-funeral/)? [new line of succession](https://www.thesun.ie/news/1168441/next-line-throne-royal-succession-explained/)? [mourning period for the Queen](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9379167/queen-national-mourning-days/)? [Queen's funeral](https://www.thesun.ie/news/9378936/when-is-the-queens-funeral/)? [the Queen has died](https://www.thesun.ie/news/721389/queen-dies-what-happens/)? [Prince Edward](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6853220/who-prince-edward-earl-of-wessex/), Earl of Wessex and Forfar [Sophie](https://www.thesun.ie/news/2502516/prince-edward-wife-sophie-wessex/), Countess of Wessex and Forfar [Tim Laurence](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6848000/princess-annes-husband-vice-admiral-timothy-laurence/)

Presidents of US, France and Brazil will be at Westminster Abbey, but absentees include leaders of China and Turkey.

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The funeral service will be steeped in royal tradition and “pay tribute to The Queen's remarkable reign and lifetime of service as Head of State, Nation and ...

Meanwhile, the Dean will read Revelation 21, verses 1-7, which were read at the funerals of the Queen’s grandparents King George V and Queen Mary in 1936 and 1953. The service will also feature several nods to the the Queen’s family, with the choir singing “The Russian Contakion of the Departed,” which was also sung during Prince Philip’s funeral at St. Prayers will be said by the Rector of Sandringham, the Minister of Crathie Kirk, where the family worship when they are in residence at Balmoral, and the Chaplain of the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park. Some of the musical selections for the committal service were composed by William Henry Harris, a former organist of St. “Like as the hart” is a setting of Psalm 42 by the Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir, which will be sung unaccompanied. The Queen’s great-grandchildren Prince George and Princess Charlotte will form part of the royal family procession behind the Queen’s coffin as it is carried into Westminster Abbey.

Over 2000 guests are expected to be present for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Large screens will be erected in the People’s Park in Ballymena, Shaftesbury Park in Carrickfergus, and the Market Yard in Larne. A large screen in Market Square will broadcast the funeral and live coverage from 10am. A Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council spokesperson said: “A big screen will be put in place in Coleraine outside the Town Hall to allow the public to come together following the death of HM The Queen. City Hall will also be open for people to sign the book of condolence up until 8pm. The city’s iconic grounds will be open on Monday, with a cinematic screen streaming the funeral live from London. BBC One, BBC News and other major news channels such as Sky News and ITV will all be sharing live coverage of the event.

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden paid emotional tribute to Queen Elizabeth on the eve of her state funeral on Sunday, saying Britain and ...

[read more](/world/uk/i-will-always-remember-queen-elizabeths-smile-camilla-pays-tribute-2022-09-18/) [read more](/world/uk/queen-elizabeths-reign-featured-enchiladas-with-reagan-dancing-with-ford-2022-09-12/) [state funeral](/world/uk/plans-queen-elizabeths-state-funeral-2022-09-15/). [Prince Andrew](/world/uk/disgraced-prince-andrew-back-spotlight-still-out-cold-2022-09-15/), the queen's second son, paid tribute to "Mummy, Mother, Your Majesty" on Sunday, reflecting the roles he said Elizabeth fulfilled during her reign. Andrew has fallen from grace, stripped of the "His Royal Highness" title and removed from royal duties after a scandal over his friendship with late U.S. [read more](/world/uk/disgraced-prince-andrew-back-spotlight-still-out-cold-2022-09-15/) He has denied any role in the killing. presidents](/world/uk/queen-elizabeths-reign-featured-enchiladas-with-reagan-dancing-with-ford-2022-09-12/) in office during the queen's reign, of which Elizabeth met all except Lyndon Johnson, starting with Harry Truman in 1951 when still a princess. [read more](/world/uk/world-leaders-come-london-queen-elizabeths-funeral-2022-09-12/) [read more](/world/uk/bidens-head-london-queen-elizabeths-funeral-2022-09-17/) French President Emmanuel Macron also appeared on the balcony. The world's better for her."

The queue to view Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state has been closed to new entrants. People have been urged by the government not to attempt to join the ...

Several hundred people were turned away, including Vidur and Natasha Pabari from Chigwell. it means a lot." Sarah said: "It means a lot to come and pay our respects, because she's been a constant in my life.

Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London will be attended by royalty, heads of state and dignitaries from around the world.

Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Johnson took office as the 36th President of the United States. His flag-draped coffin, lying-in-state was viewed by hundreds of thousands of mourners. The funeral for the anti-apartheid leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was held in Qunu in the Eastern Cape following an official service at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg. The body of the Pope was exposed as it lay-in-state, first, in the Papal Residence and later in St. At the time it was the single largest gathering of heads of state in history outside of the United Nations and surpassed the funeral of Winston Churchill.

Peter Sheridan, of Co-operation Ireland, reflected on the late monarch's 'gestures of healing' before attending her funeral at Westminster Abbey.

Among the other charities of which the Queen was patron who will be represented at the funeral service at Westminster Abbey are the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association and the Fire Fighters Charity. Among them is Co-operation Ireland, a charity dedicated to peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. Representatives of charities for which the queen was patron will join the royal family and world leaders at the service at Westminster Abbey on Monday morning.

The doors of Westminster Abbey will open and the first guests will begin to take their seats. A total of 500 foreign dignitaries will be among 2,000 guests ...

At the same time, the Lord Chamberlain will "break" his wand of office and place it on the coffin. The King and members of the Royal Family will then depart for Windsor. Members of the Queen's personal staff will follow. The King and Members of the Royal Family will again walk behind Her Majesty. The Dean of Westminster will then pronounce the blessing. The King and members of the Royal Family will join the procession in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle. There will be a procession led by a dismounted attachment of the Household Cavalry, with pipers and drums and a band from the Coldstream Guards. As the procession departs, the parade will give a royal salute and the national anthem will be played. The national anthem will be played and there will be a lament at the close of service at around midday. The coffin will be carried out of the Abbey and returned to the State Gun Carriage for another procession to Wellington Arch. Following the Queen's coffin will be the King and his siblings, and the Queen's grandsons. The Archbishop of York, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the Free Churches Moderator will say prayers.

Micheál Martin and Presidents Higgins have already paid their respects at the catafalque of her Majesty in Westminster Hall in London.

A committal service will then be held in the chapel. Meanwhile, the Queen's funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday at 11am. Kate Egan will provide commentary of the ceremony.

Royal family procession at Queen's state funeral to include Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

During the service, the dean of Windsor, Dr David Conner, will read Revelation 21, verses 1-7, which was read at the funerals of the Queen’s grandparents, King George V in 1936 and Queen Mary in 1953, as well as at her father’s funeral in 1952. During the service, the imperial state crown, orb and sceptre will be removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. The Queen’s piper will play a lament. Afterwards, the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung, fully muffled, as is the tradition following the funeral of the sovereign. The Lord Chamberlain breaks his wand of office, which is then placed upon the coffin. “So, I mean, talk about hop-a-long and there’s nothing I could do. “Here, in St George’s Chapel, where she so often worshipped, we are bound to call to mind someone whose uncomplicated yet profound Christian faith bore so much fruit,” he will say. The prime minister, Liz Truss, will read from John 14: 1–9a. And the secretary general of the Commonwealth, Lady Scotland, will read from 1 Corinthians 15: 20-26. “Fruit, in a life of unstinting service to the nation, the commonwealth and the wider world, but also (and especially to be remembered in this place) in kindness, concern and reassuring care for her family and friends and neighbours. The service will end with the Queen’s piper, Paul Burns, playing Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Eighteen members of the Queen’s family, led by the King, and including the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will be present.

As the Commonwealth prepares to farewell Queen Elizabeth II in London, here is when and how to watch the memorial service on TV tonight.

The ABC will begin its live coverage from 4pm, switching at 5pm to the BBC’s coverage of official dignitaries arriving. The hearse will reach Windsor at 3pm (12am AEST) and join a procession to St George’s Chapel, where a smaller committal service will be held to lower the coffin into the royal vault. At 12.15pm (9.15pm AEST) a procession will carry the Queen’s coffin out of Westminster Abbey, through London, past Buckingham Palace to Wellington Arch, where it will be transferred to a hearse. The Queen will be buried with her late husband, Prince Philip. At 6.30am London time (3.30pm AEST), the final members of the public will be admitted to see the Queen’s coffin and the lying in state period will come to an end. The service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle, with scripture passages read by the UK prime minister, Liz Truss, and the secretary general of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland.

The eyes of the world are on London as a nation bids farewell to its longest-reigning monarch. Here's what you need to know.

In a sign of normal life returning, ITV will later this week begin showing commercials between shows for the first time since the queen’s death. The latter group were chosen for their service to the community, and recognized in the queen’s birthday honors list. Due to arrive in Windsor a little after 3 p.m., the hearse will then journey through the town ahead of the televised committal service. Also notable by his absence is Vladimir Putin, or indeed any rep from Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. The funeral itself draws to a close — but there’s more to come. time Monday, the queen’s lying-in-state officially comes to an end, bringing to a close what has been an unprecedented show of affection for the monarchy from members of the British public — encapsulated, of course, by that epic queue. inside St George’s Chapel and will be conducted by the dean of Windsor, with some 800 guests in attendance. As world leaders gather in London for the monarch’s state funeral Monday, much of the country will grind to a halt. At 10.44 a.m., the queen’s coffin is loaded onto a gun carriage for the procession to nearby Westminster Abbey. Expect an understated affair (by royal standards, at least) in keeping with the queen’s wishes. since the death of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965, and truly the end of an era — so no detail has been left to chance. Even for a nation of queuers, Brits outdid themselves, lining up for miles to file past the late monarch’s coffin as it lay under the centuries-old hammer-beam roof of Westminster Hall.

The coffin will be carried on the state funeral gun carriage from Westminster Hall to the Abbey, towed by 142 sailors from the Royal Navy. The tradition dates ...

The bearer party will lift the coffin from the hearse and it will be carried in procession into the chapel before the committal service. There will also be a royal salute and the national anthem will be played. The procession, led by the King, will be made up of several groups, with each accompanied by a service band. The national anthem will be played, bringing the state funeral service to a close. The sermon will be delivered by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. The Abbey will open to the congregation attending the Queen’s funeral.

Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of ...

— 5: Miles (8 kilometres) of people lining up to file past the queen's coffin in Westminster Hall. — 1,650: At least that number of military personnel will be involved in the pomp-filled procession of the queen's coffin from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch after her funeral. Around 250 extra rail services will run to move people in and out of the city. 8 at her summer retreat in Scotland of the only monarch most Britons have ever known. LONDON (AP) — Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world. — 5,949: Military personnel deployed throughout the meticulously choreographed operation that began with the queen's death on Sept.

A day before the annual high-level session of the U.N. General Assembly will begin in New York City, hundreds of world leaders are gathering in London for ...

[strut on the world stage](https://apnews.com/1c772a1955b1d514552320564a117043) in the last weeks of a deeply divisive and heated election campaign. On Sunday, Bolsonaro addressed local supporters from [a balcony in Mayfair](https://twitter.com/tomphillipsin/status/1571467653818056705) about the evils of abortion and “gender ideology.” Domestic politics will also shadow his use of the bully pulpit in New York later in the week. The right-wing Daily Mail [scoffed at Antigua and Barbuda’s “rebellious” Prime Minister](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11224035/King-Charles-host-world-leaders-royals-Buckingham-Palace-two-minutes-silence.html) Gaston Browne, who shook hands with the king in Buckingham Palace days after reviving plans for a referendum to decide whether to convert his nation into a republic. The world’s preeminent international organization did its part honoring the queen as well with a day of speeches and remembrance at a General Assembly session last Thursday. are flooding to London gives the new prime minister ample time for soft diplomacy, those quiet conversations before and after the funeral, which will help her achieve her objective — if it is achievable — of ‘global Britain,’” Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan [roiled the British tabloids](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19842326/president-armenia-selfie-queens-coffin/) when he was seen posing for a photo taken by one of his associates in front of the queen’s coffin. [opted not to attend](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62948145) amid a backlash from activists over the royal’s checkered human rights record. Many of the world leaders gathering in London The throngs of VIPs are creating all sorts of headaches for palace protocol staffers and those at the U.K. In a redux of a bygone age, Buckingham Palace was at the apex of global power — if just for a day. Foreign Office fielding requests from the delegations of nearly 500 visiting foreign dignitaries. The world hasn’t witnessed a commemoration of this scale likely since December 2013, when tens of thousands of people packed a stadium in Johannesburg to celebrate the life and legacy of anti-apartheid hero and former South African president Nelson Mandela.

The queen's Monday services will include 96 bells tolled at Westminster Abbey — one for every year of her life.

Other musical selections include the anthem “My soul, there is a country,” which the palace described as “an anthem of great hope.” Markham said the queen would have been the one to choose it. Toward the end of the funeral, the last post will play. “There’s the mantra the monarchy never dies,” he said. The choir will sing a specially commissioned piece called “Like as the Hart,” composed by Master of the King’s Music Judith Weir. After the reading from Truss will come the hymn “The Lord’s my shepherd,” which was sung during the 1947 wedding of then-Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Later, the congregation will sing the national anthem, “God Save the King.” Her [funeral](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/10/queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-details/)is expected to [attract hundreds of world leaders](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/queen-elizabeth-funeral-security-politicians/)to [London](https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/queen-elizabeth-funeral-travel/)on Sept. As the queen’s coffin is carried into the abbey, the choir of Westminster Abbey will sing the Sentences — lines of Scripture set to music that have been used at every British state funeral since the 18th century. Before the funeral, the Westminster Abbey tenor bell will toll once a minute for 96 minutes, with each toll representing a year of Elizabeth’s life. “With thanksgiving we praise God for her constant example of Christian faith and devotion. George’s Chapel in Windsor](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/where-will-the-queen-be-buried/). Her funeral will be [the biggest security operation in Britain since World War II](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/16/funeral-security-queen-elizabeth/).

Almost 2000 guests are expected for the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey. King Charles III will lead the funeral procession.

Millions more [will watch](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/18/how-to-watch-queen-elizabeth-funeral/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) from around the globe. [catch a glimpse ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/queen-elizabeth-funeral-travel/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4)of the historic event. Almost 2,000 guests are attending — among them more than 90

Thousands of members of the armed forces from the UK and abroad are preparing to take part in the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II - one of the grandest ...

The carriage was last seen in 1979 for the funeral of Prince Philip's uncle, Lord Mountbatten, and was used for the Queen's father, George VI, in 1952. But the main focus will be the second, the journey through central London after her funeral, when the cortege, led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will be made up of seven groups, each with its own band. They'll be taking part in the processions, lining the route, providing guards of honour or undertaking other ceremonial duties.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is to be laid to rest this morning, after a state funeral attended by leaders from around the world, and a historic last ...

Philip's coffin will move from the royal vault to the memorial chapel to join the Queen's. The chapel's choir will sing, and after the penultimate hymn, the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre will be moved from the Queen's coffin to the altar. At 12.15pm, the coffin will be taken in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch and then travel to Windsor. Her coffin will be taken in a grand military procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey for the funeral at 11am. The hearse will then travel in procession to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle via the Long Walk, after which a televised committal service will take place in St George's Chapel at 4pm. Her grandchildren, William and Harry, and their wives Kate and Meghan will also be in the procession.

The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday in London. Here's how you can watch it live on TV.

Sky News will also provide live coverage throughout the day, available free of charge on Sky News, the Sky News App, YouTube and Freeview. Tune in to CNN or CNN International to watch live coverage of the Queen’s state funeral from 5 a.m. Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., is scheduled to broadcast the funeral live from 8 p.m. In the UK, the event will be broadcast on BBC television and available to stream on BBC iPlayer, with updates across BBC Radio and on the website. While the full guest list has not yet been announced, US President Joe Biden said he plans to attend the funeral. From there, it will travel to Windsor. CNN’s special coverage will also stream live on CNN.com’s homepages and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android. [King Charles III](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/10/uk/king-charles-proclamation-intl/index.html) gave the order for a public holiday across the United Kingdom on September 19, after he was formally confirmed as the new King on September 10. CBC News in Canada will offer live coverage on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, CBC Gem, CBCNews.ca and the CBC News and Listen apps. The coffin will then travel in procession once more to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral, which is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Once in Windsor, the hearse will travel to St. local time (6 a.m.

As some signed the official condolence book, they were reminded of times they had spent with the late monarch. US President Joe Biden mentioned a funny anecdote ...

Making a difficult journey to say a final farewell to the Queen was the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrived to a flurry of media attention. US President Joe Biden mentioned a funny anecdote of her continually offering him crumpets when he visited for tea while he kept eating them.

The last person to view Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state says it was "a real privilege" to pay her respects. Chrissy Heerey, a serving member of the RAF ...

She stopped, bowed briefly, before bringing the lying-in-state to an official end. "I just felt very honoured that I had the opportunity to be able to go in there and see her and say my farewell." "[Chrissy] was a little nervous, being the last person, but I said, 'Don't worry. Prince George and Princess Charlotte it means a lot." I'm here'."

World leaders have descended on London to pay their respects to the late monarch as Britain takes on its largest security operation in history.

- Emir of Qatar - Sultan of Oman - King of Tonga, Tupou VI - Sandra Oh - Sultan of Brunei - Prince of Monaco, Albert II - Jordan’s King Abdullah - King Harald V of Norway - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Her Majesty's coffin will leave Westminster Hall at 10.35am. - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium - King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain

Britain will bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday with a majestic funeral steeped in tradition and a send-off reflective of the broad popularity she ...

Later in the evening, in a private burial, she will be reunited with her husband of 73 years, "her constant strength and guide," the Duke of Edinburgh. In a committal service Monday afternoon, attended by members of the royal family and the Queen's household staff past and present, her coffin will be lowered into a royal vault in St. The day's events are a display of centuries-old rituals -- a royal cavalcade flanked by guards in braided uniforms, kilted bagpipers and drummers, streets lined with soldiers saluting as the coffin passes. The service will conclude with 2 minutes silence and the national anthem, "God Save the King," played by the Queen's piper. The couple will be interred together in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, an annex of St. , for miles along the south bank of the River Thames over the last four days. Admiration for the Queen has staved off a , prime ministers, princes, an emperor and empress, and other public figures will sit side-by-side in pews at Westminster Abbey to pay their last respects -- a testament to her far-reaching appeal and deft diplomacy. Even for those who are not fans of the royal family, her death marks the end of an era, a shift in the national landscape. Her 70-year rule was bookended by war and pandemic, punctuated by uncertainty about Britain's role on the world stage. On Monday, all eyes are on her once again. George's Chapel, within the grounds of Windsor Castle.

In Ilford and across Redbridge and London, millions will mark the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Guests from around the world have gathered for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Westminster Abbey. Senior Royals, including King Charles III, were driven to ...

The procession, including senior Royals, is making its way from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, at London's Hyde Park Corner. The Royal Family were seated at the front of the abbey for the Queen's funeral service, which was attended by about 2,000 guests. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was also at the service, while former prime ministers were seated together.

As the state funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is held in London, follow all the day's events as they happen.

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is taking place as the King led members of the Royal Family in procession behind her coffin to Westminster Abbey. Tens ...

Two minute's silence followed across the country before Reveille was sounded by the trumpeters. Leaders of loving service are still rarer. [In pictures: the Queen's state funeral](https://news.sky.com/story/queen-elizabeth-order-of-service-for-late-monarchs-state-funeral-and-committal-service-12700945) [The history and significance of Queen's final resting place](http://https://news.sky.com/story/st-georges-chapel-windsor-queen-elizabeth-iis-final-resting-place-12698731) Charles R." Hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to London and Windsor for the funeral and burial service, which are being watched on television by millions around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to London and Windsor for the state funeral and burial service, which is being watched on television by millions around the world.

Black Rod Sarah Clarke and other members of parliamentary staff were the final people to pay their respects to the monarch after the last members of the ...

Mr Biden is the only world leader who was able to arrive at the abbey under his own steam, arriving in a "scaled down" motorcade of six cars. He was seen fighting back tears and biting his lip as they followed the Queen's coffin to the abbey. Beforehand, Kate was also seen holding Princess Charlotte's hand, reassuring her with a touch on the shoulder. Ms Clarke paid her respects after Chrissy Heerey, a member of the RAF from near High Wycombe, the last member of the public to see the Queen lying in state before the hall was closed to the public before the funeral. Second and third in line to the throne, nine-year-old Prince George and seven-year-old Princess Charlotte joined their parents in the procession and for the service. The flowers include rosemary, for remembrance, and myrtle - an ancient symbol of a happy marriage - cut from a plant grown from a sprig of myrtle in the Queen's wedding bouquet.

Tens of thousands of people, many of whom had camped out overnight, lined the route of Queen Elizabeth's funeral procession on Monday and gathered in ...

"She was a sort of magnet drawing people from all over the country. "She was such a bright spot in everyone's lives and now it feels like that light has gone out." "I was going to wear black, but it's a celebration of the queen's life too, isn't it? From there, it was to be placed on a hearse to be driven to Windsor Castle, west of London, for a service at St. Others wore bright colours and said they wanted to celebrate the queen's life. I saw the queen as my second mum, England as my second home," he said. The queen "cared so much about this country". After the service in Westminster Abbey the queen's coffin was being borne on a gun carriage through central London, past her Buckingham Palace home to the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner. There was also applause among the crowd for a grand state funeral of pageantry and rousing music that captured how many felt for the queen, who died on Sept. The end of an era." More than an hour before the funeral service began all viewing areas in central London were declared full. "I find it hard to express in words what we just witnessed.

King Charles III, the royal family and world leaders will attend state funeral in London on Monday.

It will be conducted by the dean of Windsor with a blessing by the archbishop of Canterbury. The last of those queueing to see the Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall will pass by the catafalque at 6.30am BST. There will also be a royal salute, and the national anthem will be played. The sermon will be delivered by the archbishop of Canterbury. The national anthem will be played, bringing the state funeral service to a close. King Charles III, joined by royal family members as well as members of the royal household, will follow the coffin.

Britain is bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth II with a state funeral steeped in tradition on Monday.

George's Chapel, within the grounds of Windsor Castle. [The Queen,](http://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/europe/gallery/queen-elizabeth-ii/index.html) the UK's longest-reigning monarch, died September 8 after a rule spanning seven decades. [state funeral steeped in tradition](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/19/uk/queen-elizabeth-funeral-gbr-intl/index.html) on Monday.

Lines between Reading and London are blocked because of damage to overhead power lines, Great Western Railway said. The disruption means some mourners ...

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Guests have been streaming into the Abbey since 8am on Monday morning with the Queen Consort Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles and the Princess of Wales' parents.

Killing Eve actress Sandra Oh was in attendance as part of the Canadian delegation. Celebrities including TV personality Bear Grylls were also seen taking their places in the congregation. [with Prince George, Princess Charlotte](https://inews.co.uk/news/prince-george-princess-charlotte-queen-funeral-1864662?ico=in-line_link), Kate, Princess of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, joining behind before the members of the Royal Family took their seats. Former Tory leader Lord Hague and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt were seen arriving later. She is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of the Queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent, and holds the title Lady Frederick Windsor. Grylls is Chief Scout and was representing the Scout Association, of which the Queen was patron.

The world is saying goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II on a historic day marked by moments of emotion and celebration. Tens of thousands of people have travelled ...

The young dogs - one on a red lead and one on a blue lead - were brought out into the quadrangle by two pages in red tailcoats for the arrival of the Queen's coffin. The Queen was a huge lover of horses and racing. Most were descended from her first corgi, Susan, who was gifted to her on her 18th birthday. Mr Biden is the only world leader who was able to travel to the Westminster Abbey under his own steam, arriving in a "scaled down" motorcade of six cars. He was seen fighting back tears and biting his lip as they followed the Queen's coffin to the abbey. Among the guests at the service was Chief Scout Bear Grylls. Beforehand, Kate was also seen holding Princess Charlotte's hand, reassuring her with a touch on the shoulder. There, it was carried through Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch. And she also loved her beloved dogs, too. The necklace, consisting of four strands of pearls and a clasp, was worn regularly by the Queen in the late 1980s and 1990s. Catherine, Princess of Wales, wore one of the Queen's necklaces for the occasion, as well as a pair of pearl and diamond earrings previously owned by the monarch. The Queen was a patron of the organisation and awarded the TV star an OBE in 2019.