British Queen Elizabeth ii funeral will take place on Monday, September 19, according to an announcement from Buckingham Palace. A holiday was declared in Britain on that day.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history.
The Queen passed away peacefully surrounded by family members at Balmoral Palace in Scotland.
His body will now be laid to rest in state honors and be cremated with state honors in the future. The people of the country will pay their last respects to the queen. What is going to happen?
The queen rests in a state of dignity
The Queen’s coffin will leave Balmoral Palace on Sunday.
The palace said that the coffin will arrive in London on a Royal Air Force flight from Edinburgh Airport on Tuesday and will be flown from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
Her body will lie in state for four days before the funeral takes place on Monday, allowing members of the public to pay their last respects to the Queen.
Westminster Hall is the largest hall in the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, the heart of the British government.
The British Queen Elizabeth ii mother, Queen Mother, was the last member of the royal family to be laid in state in this hall in 2002. At that time two lakh people stood in a long line and paid their last respects to him.
The Queen’s coffin will be placed on a slightly elevated platform called a catafalque. The 11th-century medieval wooden roof over the house. Each corner of the coffin will be guarded by soldiers from the Royal Household unit.
The Queen’s coffin will be carried in slow procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall accompanied by a military parade. Members of the royal family will take part in the procession with the coffin.
When will the funeral ceremony of the queen be?
The Queen’s state funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey and will take place within two weeks. The exact date will be announced from Buckingham Palace.
Westminster Abbey is a historic church where Britain’s kings and queens have been crowned. This is where Queen Elizabeth II was inaugurated in 1953 and where she married Prince Philip in 1947.
However, no king or queen has been interred in this church since the 18th century. However, in 2002, the funeral of the Queen’s mother was completed in this church.
Heads of state from different countries of the world will come to join the members of the royal family in this last farewell ceremony. The Queen’s life and career will be commemorated at the special funeral. Britain’s top politicians and former prime Ministers will also be present there.
Earlier in the day, the Queen’s coffin will be carried from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey by a Royal Navy state gunboat.
Inside Westminster Abbey
After the funeral, the Queen’s coffin will be carried from the Abbey to the historic Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in central London. From there, his casket will leave for Windsor Castle.
On the afternoon of the funeral, the Queen’s coffin will make its last journey to its final destination, St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
King Charles III and senior members of the royal family are due to participate in a procession through the square at Windsor Castle before the coffin is laid to rest in St George’s Chapel.
Final procession to Windsor
Members of the royal family often choose St George’s Chapel in Windsor for weddings, baby showers, and funerals.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan were married in this church. And the Queen’s late husband Prince Philip was laid to rest in this church.