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Molly Dowrick

Full details of the Queen's funeral as date and schedule officially confirmed

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The royal family has shared details on the upcoming funeral of the Queen. Following a period of national mourning, Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will take place on Monday, September 19, 2022.

The funeral will be a morning service, beginning at 11am, and will be held at Westminster Abbey. Prior to the funeral day - which will be a national bank holiday in the UK - the Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four days so members of the public can pay their respects.

The Queen's funeral is the first state funeral for more than 50 years and will be the first royal funeral to be held at the Abbey since King George II was laid to rest back in 1760. It's understood the Queen took an active role in planning proceedings and personally chose Westminster Abbey as the church for her funeral.

In an announcement on the Westminster Abbey website, a spokesperson said: "Buckingham Palace has announced that the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday, 19 September. The last royal funeral to be held at the Abbey was King George II in 1760.

"The Dean of Westminster, Dr David Hoyle, said: 'The church in which she was married and in which her coronation took place, the Abbey was witness to promises that defined the life of our faithful and devoted Queen. In deep gratitude and in deep sorrow we will give thanks to God for the service she gave to God, nation and commonwealth. We pray now, and in the days ahead, for our new King and for his family. God save the King.'"

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral arrangements - in full

The state funeral of the Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday, 19 September at 11am. Prior to the state funeral, the Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four days, to allow the public to pay their respects. The Queen's Coffin currently rests in the ballroom at Balmoral Castle.
The coffin will travel to Edinburgh tomorrow, Sunday 11 September, by road, to arrive at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where it will rest in the Throne Room until the afternoon of Monday 12 September.
On the afternoon of Monday 12 September, a procession will be formed on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse to convey the coffin to St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. The King and members of the royal family will take part in the procession and attend a service in St Giles’ Cathedral to receive the coffin.
The coffin will then lie at rest in St Giles' Cathedral, guarded by vigils from The Royal Company of Archers, to allow the people of Scotland to pay their respects.
On the afternoon of Tuesday 13 September, the Queen's coffin will travel from Scotland by Royal Air Force aircraft from Edinburgh Airport, arriving at RAF Northolt later that evening. The coffin will be accompanied on the journey by The Princess Royal. The coffin will then be conveyed to Buckingham Palace by road, to rest in the Bow Room.
On the afternoon of Wednesday 14 September, the coffin will be borne in procession on a gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, where the Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall until the morning of the state funeral. The procession will travel via Queen’s Gardens, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square and New Palace Yard. After the coffin arrives at Westminster Hall, The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct a short service assisted by the dean of Westminster, and attended by the King and members of the royal family, after which the lying in state will begin.
During the lying in state, members of the public will have the opportunity to visit Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen.
On the morning of Monday 19 September, the lying in state will end and the coffin will be taken in procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the state funeral service will take place.
Following the state funeral, the coffin will travel in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. From Wellington Arch, the coffin will travel to Windsor and once there, the state hearse will travel in procession to St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle via the Long Walk. A committal service will then take place in St George's Chapel.