The UK Royal Family announced that Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey on September 19. “The State Funeral of Her Majesty the Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19th September at 1100 hrs BST. Prior to the State Funeral, The Queen will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall for four days, to allow the public to pay their respects,” it read.
The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall for four days prior to her funeral so that people can pay their respects.
At Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s coffin is currently lying in state in the ballroom. Her casket will be driven from Edinburgh to the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Sunday, where it will be kept in the Throne Room until Monday afternoon.
A procession will form on the Palace of Holyroodhouse’s forecourt on Monday afternoon to transport the coffin to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. The Procession and the Service in St. Giles’ Cathedral to receive the coffin will be attended by the King and other Royal Family members.
In order to allow the people of Scotland to pay their respects, Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will then repose in St. Giles’ Cathedral under the watchful gaze of vigils from The Royal Company of Archers.
The Queen’s Coffin will depart from Scotland on Tuesday afternoon from Edinburgh Airport and arrive at RAF Northolt later that day. The Princess Royal will travel with the coffin on its voyage.
The Queen’s casket will next be transported by road to Buckingham Palace, where it will lie in state in the Bow Room. The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will carry the coffin in a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday afternoon. The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall until the morning of the State Funeral.
The Queen’s Gardens, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square, and New Palace Yard will all be visited by the procession. Following a brief service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and accompanied by The Very Reverend Dr. David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, in front of the King and other members of the Royal Family, the Lying-in-State will start.
The public will be able to visit Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen while she is lying in state. The lying-in-state will end early on Monday, September 19, and the coffin will be carried in a procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will be held.
The casket will be carried in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch following the state funeral. The coffin will leave Wellington Arch for Windsor, where it will ride in procession on the Long Walk with the State Hearse to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The next event will be a committal service in St. George’s Chapel.
