Queen Elizabeth II’s elaborate final farewell got underway early Monday as Britain and the world laid the beloved and longest-reigning monarch to rest.
The meticulously funeral events for the late 96-year-old monarch began early Monday when the doors of Westminster Hall finally closed to the public.More than 2,000 official guests, including President Joe Biden, were expected to gather inside London’s Westminster Abbey for the state funeral service.Mourners started arriving at Westminster Abbey hours before the funeral service began, including Charles Spencer — the brother of the late Princess Diana.
“It was her majesty the queen that went through the plans and made sure they were alright and the king is implementing those plans,” a spokesman for King Charles III said of the ceremony. The service will begin after Her Majesty’s coffin is carried from Westminster Hall, where it has been lying in state since Wednesday, on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy — a tradition dating back to the funeral of Queen Victoria.The final farewell, which will last about an hour, will end with a national two-minute silence and a lament played by the Queen’s personal piper — one of the unique additions to the day added by the monarch before she died.
Thousands of mourners gathered early Monday on the streets of London to view the Queen’s funeral procession.Mourners line the funeral procession route where the Queen’s coffin will travel en-route to Westminster Abbey.The service will be led by the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle, and will include a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the principal leader of the Church of England.
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