A State Funeral service has taken place for Her Majesty the Queen today (Monday, September 19).
The funeral began at 11am today, at Westminster Abbey. The service started after four days of the Queen lying in state, where mourners queued for hours to see the The Monarch's coffin.
Lying in state finished at 6.30am, after the queue closed at 10.30pm on Sunday, September 18.
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The funeral service was conducted by The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE, Dean of Westminster.
During the service, the Archbishop of Canterbury hailed the Queen's "abundant life and loving service" as he delivered the sermon at her state funeral, adding: "She was joyful, present to so many, touching a multitude of lives."
He added that the "grief" felt around the world over her death "arises from her abundant life and loving service".
You can light a candle for Queen Elizabeth II here or leave a tribute to her here
The Most Rev Justin Welby said: "People of loving service are rare in any walk of life. Leaders of loving service are still rarer. But in all cases those who serve will be loved and remembered when those who cling to power and privileges are forgotten. The grief of this day - felt not only by the late Queen's family but all round the nation, Commonwealth and world - arises from her abundant life and loving service, now gone from us."
He added: "We will all face the merciful judgement of God: we can all share the Queen's hope which in life and death inspired her servant leadership. Service in life, hope in death. All who follow the Queen's example, and inspiration of trust and faith in God, can with her say: 'We will meet again."'
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