The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be held at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19, according to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall for four days before to her funeral so that mourners can pay their respects.
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The palace provided a thorough statement, stating that the Queen’s casket is currently in the ballroom of Balmoral Castle.
It was described as “a scene of quiet dignity” by royal authorities. On Sunday, the queen’s casket will travel 290 kilometres (180 miles) by road from the secluded estate to Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The casket will be transported from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital where it will repose until Tuesday.
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The body will subsequently be flown to London’s Buckingham Palace before beginning to lie in state at Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
Similar to how they did for the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, senior members of the family are anticipated to follow behind.
The armed forces will line the streets and participate in the parade.
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Heads of state, presidents, prime ministers, European royals, and prominent persons from public life will be welcomed to congregate in the abbey, which has space for 2,000 worshippers.
The event will be broadcast on television, and there will likely be a nationwide moment of silence.
The Queen’s casket will be brought to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on the same day as the funeral for a televised committal service. Private interment service with senior members of the royal family will take place later that evening.
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The King George VI memorial chapel, a wing of the main chapel where her parents and sister Princess Margaret’s ashes were interred, will serve as the Queen’s last resting place.
In order to join the Queen’s coffin, Prince Philip’s will be transferred from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel.
