The Royal Guard stands next to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall in London, England, on the 18th (local time). AP Yonhap News
The funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, will be held at 11 a.m. on the 19th (local time) at Westminster Abbey in London.
The Queen’s coffin was worshiped by the public at Westminster Hall from the afternoon of the 14th to 6:30 am on the same day, and then it is transported to Westminster Abbey. Her funeral is presided over by a Westminster Abbey priest, followed by a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a read read by British Prime Minister Leeds Truss. At 11:55 a.m., the whole country meditates for two minutes, and the procedure ends with the national anthem of the bagpipes.
Afterwards, the Queen’s coffin in a carriage moves slowly past Buckingham Palace to Wellington Arch at the corner of Hyde Park. The funeral procession included cavalry and military bands, and the royal family, including King Charles III, followed on foot. At this time, Big Ben rings the bell every minute.
At 1 pm, the Queen’s coffin is moved to Windsor Castle by lorry, and from 3 pm, the funeral procession begins again on the 5km long walk in front of Windsor Castle. From 4 p.m., a small ceremony will be held at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle with about 800 people attending. The queen personally requested that she play the bagpipes at this time, Buckingham Palace said.
At 7:30 PM, with only members of the royal family watching, the Queen is buried next to her husband, Prince Philip, who passed away in April last year.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be the first in the UK in 57 years since the funeral of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill. There are also observations that it will become a venue for ‘condolence diplomacy’ in which representatives of foreign countries also attend. President Yoon Seok-yeol and US President Joe Biden will watch the funeral at Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Abbey is where the Queen was crowned in 1953. It is also where she married her husband, Prince Philip, in 1947. It is the first time since the 18th century that a royal funeral has been held here.
>Please activate JavaScript for write a comment in LiveRe.