Elizabeth II’s funeral will take place on Monday, September 19 in London, Buckingham Palace announces. Leaders from around the world are expected for her funeral, which will take place in Westminster Abbey at 11 am (French time). King Charles III, her son who succeeded him, declared a UK holiday for the occasion.
The event is shaping up to be “the biggest police operation” in British police history as they prepare for their first state funeral in almost 60 years.
body on public display
In fact, it is the first state funeral since that of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
Before the ceremony, the body will be put on public display for four days in Westminster Hall, the oldest section of the Houses of Parliament, after a procession through the streets of London.
The remains of Elizabeth II are currently in the ballroom of Balmoral Castle, Scotland, where she breathed her last.
It will then be transferred to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, before being shipped to London on Tuesday, where it will go on public display for four days in Westminster Hall, the oldest section of the Houses of Parliament, after a procession. through the streets of London.
Procession to Windsor
On September 19, at 10:44 a.m., the coffin will leave the Palace of Westminster for Westminster Abbey, where the funeral will take place, Buckingham Palace reported.
At the end of the service, the coffin will leave in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, then it will be taken to Windsor.
At the end of the service, the coffin will leave in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, then it will be taken to Windsor.
And once in Windsor, there will be another hearse procession to St George’s Chapel, the palace said in its statement.
Biden and Macron
The September 19 ceremony is expected to attract millions of visitors, as well as celebrities from around the world who will attend the funeral, a logistical and security challenge for British law enforcement.
Among the expected guests, the American presidents Joe Biden and the French Emmanuel Macron, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, as well as many leaders of the former British colonies.
Source: BFM TV
