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The voice of reason
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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The voice of reason
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 104,533
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The monarch will be laid to rest with her late husband Prince Philip at the King George VI
memorial chapel during a private service and burial on Monday evening.
This will follow her state funeral at Westminster Abbey, which begins at 11am.
Details:
Journey to Westminster Abbey
The lying in state at Westminster Hall will conclude at 6.30am, with the doors
closed in preparation for the funeral.
Shortly after 10.35am, the coffin will be lifted and carried in procession to
the state gun carriage of the Royal Navy positioned outside the north door.
The 123-year-old gun carriage will then set off at 10.44am, pulled by 98
Royal Navy sailors using ropes in a tradition that dates back to the funeral of
Queen Victoria, with the route to the Abbey lined by members of the Royal
Navy and Royal Marines.
A tri-service guard of honour will take place on Parliament Square,
accompanied by the band of the Royal Marines.
Following the Queen's coffin will be the King, Anne, Andrew and Edward.
Behind them will be the Queen's grandsons Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex
and the Prince of Wales.
They will be followed by the Queen's son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim
Laurence, her cousin the Duke of Gloucester, and her nephew the Earl of
Snowdon.
The procession, led by a massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish
Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force and numbering
200 musicians, will arrive at 10.52 and the coffin will be carried into the
Abbey for the service.
The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8.00am to allow the
general congregation to take their seats, with a total of 2,000 people
expected to gather for the funeral.
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