London – Buckingham Palace announced this Saturday afternoon (10) that Queen Elizabeth’s funeral is scheduled for Monday, September 19.
After the new king was officially declared on Saturday morning, Charles III declared a national holiday on burial day, which should bring together international personalities and heads of state like US President Joe Biden.
This Sunday (11) the queen’s body will leave Balmoral Castle, where she died on the 8th, and travel to Edinburgh.
On Monday, the coffin will be in Holyrood Palace, where the Scottish Parliament is located, after which it will be transported to St Giles Cathedral in a ceremony.
The king and members of the royal family will attend the parade and attend a mass at the cathedral where the Scottish people can bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth until Tuesday (13)
On the afternoon of 13 September, the coffin will be transported by airship to Buckingham Palace in London, along with the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne.
The next day, the coffin with Elizabeth’s body will be escorted by the King’s Royal Artillery Corps to Westminster Palace, where she will remain until her burial, via the main roads connecting Buckingham to the seat of parliament.
After the casket reached Westminster Hall, the Archbishop of Canterbury, III. She will hold a religious ceremony attended by Charles and family members.
The public can bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth until 19 September, and the coffin will then be transported to Westminster Abbey before her funeral.
From there he will travel to St George’s Chapel in Windsor and be buried next to Prince Philip, who died in 2021.
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source: Noticias
