Procession through London: Palace announces details of the Queen's funeral service

Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the throne for 70 years.

Procession through London: Palace announces details of the Queen's funeral service

Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the throne for 70 years. After the death of the regent, the British should be given the opportunity to say goodbye to the queen. Among other things, a celebratory procession through central London is planned.

The state funeral for the late British Queen Elizabeth II will take place on September 19. A service is planned at 12 p.m. (CEST) in Westminster Abbey in London, according to Buckingham Palace. People in the UK get an extra day off. The new King Charles III. had previously approved this holiday at the time of his proclamation. September 18 had previously been discussed as the date for the funeral.

Earlier, Queen's daughter Princess Anne accompanied her mother's coffin on the transfer from Scotland to London. The Princess Royal will be on board the British Air Force plane that will fly the body of Queen Elizabeth II from the Scottish capital Edinburgh to Northolt Air Force Base northwest of the British capital on Tuesday afternoon, the palace said.

The coffin will then be driven from Northolt to Buckingham Palace, from where it will be taken in a public procession to the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday afternoon. The coffin is to be carried from the palace to Parliament on a horse-drawn carriage known as a carriage. The funeral procession is to descend The Mall and pass through the parade ground of Horse Guards Parade, White Hall and Parliament Street to the Houses of Parliament known as the Palace of Westminster.

There, the Queen will be laid out for four days to give the British public the opportunity to pay the monarch one last visit and mourn. Elizabeth II died last Thursday at her Scottish country estate, Balmoral Castle, at the age of 96.

The Queen will be buried in St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where her husband Prince Philip, who died on April 9, 2021, is also buried. Her closest relatives, her father George VI, her mother known as "Queen Mum" and her sister Princess Margaret were also buried there. Numerous heads of state and government from all over the world are expected at the state funeral, including several queens and kings of European countries.

Because of the Corona rules, only the closest family members were allowed to attend Philip's funeral. The Queen sat alone in the chapel - the picture was remembered as a symbol of the suffering in the pandemic among the British.