Two thousand company, together with a number of hundred presidents, heads of state and monarchs, will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday. She will then be buried at Windsor Castle within the night.
Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral, which is without doubt one of the largest logistical challenges in British historical past, will happen on September 19 in Westminster Abbey, London.
US President Joe Biden, the Emperor of Japan Naruhito and French President Emmanuel Macron are among the many 2,000 company attending this historic occasion. More than 10,000 cops from all around the nation can be stationed within the capital because the authorities count on file crowds alongside the funeral route.
In the afternoon, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will journey to Windsor Castle for a church service. She will then be buried in a non-public ceremony. FRANCE 24 outlines the programme for this extraordinary day.
Procession with music
On Monday morning, the royal coffin, which is at present on show at Westminster Palace in London, can be moved to Westminster Abbey the place the state funeral will happen. The procession will start at 10.35am (11.35am in Paris) and the coffin can be positioned on a gun carriage towed by 98 naval officers, in a practice relationship again to Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901.
The procession, adopted by the king and members of the British Royal Family, can be led by a band of 200 pipers and drummers from the Royal Air Force to Westminster Abbey Gate at 10.52am.
State funeral
Although the state funeral service, led by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle, will start at 11am, the Abbey’s doorways will open three hours earlier to welcome the two,000 individuals who have been invited to the occasion.
While the ultimate listing of invitees is being saved secret for safety causes, a number of heads of state, political representatives and monarchs have already stated that they are going to be attending. These embody President Biden, President Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Indian President Droupadi Murmu.
Members of the Belgian, Dutch, Qatari and Saudi royal households can even be current, in addition to a number of hundred nameless individuals who have been embellished by the queen, together with social staff and carers.
After the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s sermon, the Last Post can be sounded, adopted by two minutes of silence to be noticed within the Abbey and all through the UK.
The Reveille, nationwide anthem and a lament carried out by the queen’s piper will conclude the state funeral service at round midday.
Foreign heads of state and authorities representatives will then attend a reception hosted by the British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at Church House, the headquarters of the Church of England, subsequent to Westminster Abbey.
The queen’s coffin can be paraded by the capital to Hyde Park Corner, to the sound of the bells of Big Ben, the place it will likely be loaded right into a hearse and pushed to Windsor, a city in south-eastern England, some 30km from London.
Religious ceremony and burial at Windsor
From 3pm, a brand new procession, preceded by members of the Royal Cavalry, will cross the ‘Long Walk‘ resulting in Windsor Castle, the British Royal Family’s well-known residence. The Royal Family will then be a part of the procession to St. George’s Chapel.
Some 800 company, together with the queen’s private employees, will attend the service, led by the Dean of Windsor David Conner.
Finally, at 7.30pm, the queen can be laid to relaxation in a non-public funeral service held within the presence of the king and members of the Royal Family.
Queen Elizabeth II can be buried along with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, within the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
This article has been translated from the unique in French.
Originally revealed on France24