The solemn act, which will be broadcast by the BBC and YouTube, will begin at noon. After the ceremony, the mortal remains of the sovereign will be buried in Windsor. A strong police device will monitor the British capital, where a million people are expected to arrive today.
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London hosts this Monday the State funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 after more than seven decades as sovereign of the United Kingdom. The Elizabethan era will, in this way, have its definitive end —after 11 days of mourning— with this funeral after the massive attendance at the burning chapel in the Palace of Westminster and in an armored city.
More than 500 heads of state and world leaders will attend the funeral that will take place at noon in Westminster Abbey From london. In addition, there are another 1,500 people who have been invited to the funeral.
The London Metropolitan Police has arranged a strong device composed of 10,000 agents (Over 3,000 have arrived from various parts of the UK). Many streets in central London will remain closed today, mainly between Buckingham Palace, Green Park and St James’s Park.
It will be, according to the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Stuart Cundy, the “final and most complex phase” of the enormous police operation that has surrounded all the preparations since the death of Elizabeth II.
Some 2,300 police officers will guard the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II on her final journey from Westminster Abbey, where her state funeral will be held, to Windsor Castle, where she will be buried in St George’s Chapel.
The solemn event will be broadcast by the BBC and can also be followed via YouTube. During today’s day, declared a national holiday, there will be many who prefer to go to the capital. London has arranged one of the largest transport operations in the UK because it is expected that a million people visit the capital.
Thus, 250 additional train services, including night trains, will be launched, while the national road authority has suspended closures in England to prevent the transport network from being overwhelmed.
This is the scheduled agenda for the day:
06:30 hours. Closing of the funeral chapel of Elizabeth II in the Palace of Westminster.
08:00 hours. Those attending the funeral service, which is attended by 500 leaders from around the world, begin to arrive at Westminster Abbey.
10:44 a.m.. The coffin of Elizabeth II leaves the seat of the British Parliament and goes in funeral procession towards the abbey. The new King Carlos III and his three brothers -Ana, Andrés and Eduardo-, as well as his children, Princes Guillermo and Enrique, will walk after the mortal remains of the sovereign.
11:00 a.m.. The religious ceremony begins, before some 2,000 guests, officiated by the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will deliver a sermon and British Prime Minister Liz Truss will read a religious text.
11:55 a.m.. A bugle call will mark the beginning of a two-minute silence that will be observed across the UK.
12:15 p.m.. The coffin will leave the funeral procession from the abbey to Wellington Arch, in the south-east corner of Hyde Park. Big Ben, the famous bell in the tower of the Palace of Westminster, will ring at one-minute intervals during the procession.
1:00 p.m.. The mortal remains of the sovereign will be transferred to a hearse to make her last trip to Windsor Castle, about 35 kilometers west of London.
3:00 p.m.. The coffin arrives in the vicinity of the castle. A procession on foot will travel the 5 kilometers of the Long Walk, the characteristic tree-lined avenue that leads to the royal residence.
4:00 p.m.. The remains of Elizabeth II enter the castle’s St George’s Chapel, where some 800 guests attend a religious ceremony officiated by the Dean of Windsor, David Coney. At the end of the service, the coffin will be transferred to the royal crypt of the chapel, where the remains of Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, who died in 2021 at the age of 99, are also buried.
7:30 p.m.. Elizabeth II will be buried next to Prince Philip in a private ceremony attended by members of the royal family. The marble slab of her grave will be engraved with the words: “Elizabeth II 1926-2022.”
Source: Eitb
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