The late Queen Elizabeth’s body will be transported from her Buckingham Palace residence to Westminster Hall on a horse-drawn gun carriage. They will conduct a brief liturgy at Westminster Hall under the direction of the archbishop of Canterbury. At 12:00 ET, the queen will begin to lie in state. It will stay there until Monday, the day of her funeral as Britain mourns.
Strict order maintained as Britain mourns
All of the siblings of the queen will be there for the funeral procession. In Hyde Park, artillery cannons will salute and the Big Ben will chime. As the hearse makes its way through the streets of London, King Charles and other royals are anticipated to follow behind in silence. When it arrives in the 12th-century hall in the Westminster parliament complex, they will then hold a vigil there. The Hall will be opened to the public so that they can pay their respects. The lines can extend for eight kilometres. “It’s our responsibility to express gratitude, said 56-year-old Sri Lankan-born Vanessa Nanthakumaran, who is in front of the line.” There are stringent regulations and airport-style security systems in place. Wear “appropriate attire,” the authorities has urged, and bring portable power packs to keep cellphones charged. Even the cheapest hotel rooms in London are becoming increasingly difficult to locate and cost 300 pounds per night. Police and transportation officials are under pressure to keep the city safe and moving. Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, and North Korea have not been invited to send ambassadors, despite the fact that hundreds of heads of state and government as well as international nobility are anticipated. The day has been designated a public holiday in Britain and will see 2,000 VIP visitors attend the queen’s funeral in Westminster Abbey. The attendance of French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and US President Joe Biden has all been confirmed.According to the spokeswoman for Prime Minister Liz Truss, “many more” people are anticipated than the 200,000 who filed past the queen’s mother’s coffin when she passed away in 2002, thus strict guidelines and airport-style security procedures have been put in place. The parade is expected to pass through Parliament Street, Parliament Square, New Palace Yard, Horse Guards and Whitehall, and the Mall. The Queen would lie in state for four days, concluding on the day of the state funeral, following a brief service. (19 September). The coffin was transported from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for the ceremony atop a gun carriage. A procession was led by the King behind the deceased Queen’s casket. In 6:55 p.m. (IST), the casket departed from Buckingham Palace and reach at Westminster Hall at 8 p.m. (IST).
Flights out of Heathrow Airport will be delayed so they don’t interfere with Wednesday’s procession of the Queen’s casket. The west London airport announced in a statement that it will “appropriately change our operation” “out of respect” for the period of bereavement. In order to “guarantee stillness over central London as the ceremonial procession goes from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall,” flights were cancelled between 1:50 and 3:40 on Wednesday.
Tuesday, the crowd applauded as the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth’s casket entered Buckingham Palace. The late queen’s coffin was to be received by Queen Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren as it arrived at Buckingham Palace, according to the palace. The casket was transferred to a state hearse after the plane carrying Queen Elizabeth’s remains touched down at Royal Air Force Northolt in England. According to a spokeswoman for the palace, Queen Elizabeth was consulted on the designs of the state hearse, which was created by The Royal Household and Jaguar Land Rover. According to the spokeswoman, the hearse was built so that onlookers could see the corpse clearly.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II “died peacefully” on Thursday, September 8, at Balmoral Castle, the British royal family’s estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was 96. Elizabeth had the longest reign in British history. In June, she celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years as queen since her accession to the throne in 1952.
