Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the Queen's funeral will take place on Monday, September 19th. The ceremony will mark the end of an official 10-day period of mourning following Queen Elizabeth's death on Thursday at the age of 96. It will take place at Westminster Abbey at 11 a.m. On Saturday, her son Charles was formally proclaimed King, and he declared the day of his mother's funeral a bank holiday. The public holiday was confirmed by King Charles III during his first meeting with the privy council in St James's Palace, the first in history to be televised. King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla attend the Accession Council at St James's Palace in London.
By privy council, Charles was formally proclaimed King.
Despite the fact that her father, George VI, chose St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for his service, his daughter's body will be carried to Westminster Abbey, where she was married and crowned, and then to Windsor, where she will be interred in the royal crypt.
The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four days before her funeral to allow the public to pay their respects. The Queen's casket is now in the Balmoral Castle Ballroom and will be taken to Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse on Sunday. On Monday, a procession led by the King and members of the royal family will carry the casket to St Giles' Cathedral in the capital. It will remain until Tuesday so that people in Scotland can pay their respects.
The coffin will be transported from Edinburgh airport to RAF Northolt and then taken to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, accompanied by Princess Anne. It will be transferred to Westminster Hall on Wednesday afternoon, where it will lie in state until the morning of the state funeral. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to the Queen in Westminster Hall.
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