Buckingham Palace releases details of Queen's funeral ceremonies in next days
September 15, 2022, 6:00 pm

Buckingham Palace releases details of Queen's funeral ceremonies in next days

𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓: Queen Elizabeth meets veterans attending a concert held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of VE Day at Buckingham Palace/The Royal Family Twitter account

Two thousand people including world leaders and foreign royals will gather inside Westminster Abbey in London on Monday (Sep 19) for the final farewell to the nation's longest reigning monarch, according to the Anews

Some 800 people, including members of the Queen's Household and Windsor estate staff, will attend the committal service afterwards at 4 pm in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Further details of the ceremony and the next five days were released by Buckingham Palace.

The Queen will be interred with the Duke of Edinburgh in King George VI's Memorial Chapel in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in a private service at 7:30 pm on Monday.

But the burial service conducted by the Dean of Windsor and attended by the King and royals will remain entirely private, as a "deeply personal family occasion."

Britain's King Charles III (L), Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales (2L) and Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022. (AFP)

The King, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex will mount a 15-minute vigil around the Queen's coffin as it lies in state at 7:30 pm on Friday.

After the funeral, the King and members of the royal family will walk behind the Queen's coffin to Wellington Arch when it leaves Westminster Abbey, before it is driven to Windsor on the state hearse.

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Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death.

On Thursday (sep 8), Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96.

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