More than 500 heads of state and dignitaries from around the world attend the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday. Died at the age of 96 after more than seven decades as sovereign of the United Kingdom.
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This is the largest event with foreign leaders that the British Foreign Office has coordinated in modern times, for which a security device comparable to that of the London Olympics in 2012 has been deployed.
It is the first state funeral to be held in the 21st century in the United Kingdom, which has not seen similar ceremonies since the deaths of George VI in 1952 and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
This is how the day is scheduled to unfold: – 6:30 local time (5:30 GMT).- The funeral chapel of Elizabeth II closes in the Palace of Westminster, installed since Wednesday, through which hundreds of thousands of people have passed to give their last goodbye to the sovereign. – 8.00 (7.00 GMT).-
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The gates of Westminster Abbey open for the arrival of those attending the funeral service, which will begin three hours later.
Leaders such as the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and heads of monarchies from around the world, including the kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, will be present at the ceremony. -10.35 (9.35 GMT) .- The queen’s coffin will be deposited on an artillery gun carriage and she will leave Westminster Hall from 10.44 (9.44 GMT).
Members of the Royal Navy will transport the ceremonial cannon carriage in procession from the House of Parliament to nearby Westminster 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 (10.00 GMT).
Before some 2,000 guests, the religious ceremony begins in the abbey, the same place where Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953. The last state funeral for a British monarch to be held in the London temple was in 1760, after the death of George II.
Since then, funeral ceremonies had been held in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Dean of Westminster David Hoyle will officiate at the funeral, while Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will give a sermon and British Prime Minister Liz Truss will read a religious text. – 11.55 (10.55 GMT).
A bugle call will mark the beginning of a two-minute silence that will be observed across the UK. Heathrow airport will have stopped takeoffs and landings minutes before to guarantee a rigorous silence in the British capital.
The national anthem and a piece of lament performed by the official piper of Elizabeth II will end the funeral service at noon. – 12.15 (11.15 GMT). 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 chime at minute intervals during the procession.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will lead the march, which will also include members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, representatives of the British police and the public health service (NHS).
Charles III will walk along with other members of the royal family, while the queen consort, Camilla, the Princess of Wales, Catherine, and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, will follow the procession by car. – 13:00 (12:00 GMT). At the Wellington Arch, the sovereign’s remains will be transferred to a hearse for their final journey to Windsor Castle, some 35km west of London. – 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. GMT).
The coffin arrives in the vicinity of the castle, where 40 monarchs have lived uninterruptedly for almost a thousand years. 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. (3:00 p.m. GMT).
The remains of Isabel II enter the chapel of San Jorge in the castle, the usual place for baptisms, weddings and royal funerals. In recent years, she has hosted the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the funeral of Prince Philip, the queen’s husband. Some 800 guests will attend a ceremony officiated by the Dean of Windsor, David Coney.
The Imperial State Crown, royal orb and scepter will be removed from the coffin, separating Elizabeth II from the symbols of her reign for the last time. The coffin will descend into the royal crypt of the chapel, where the remains of her husband, who died in 2021 at the age of 99, are also buried.
The official piper of Windsor will interpret a hymn personally chosen by Elizabeth II and the ceremony will conclude with the intonation of “God Save the King”, at around 4:45 p.m. (15:45 GMT). – 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. GMT). 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”
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