At 10.44 am this morning the Queen's coffin will be moved in procession on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey for the State Funeral. Immediately following the Coffin will be King Charles III, members of the Royal Family and members of The King’s Household.
It was announced late on Sunday, that Prince George and Princess Charlotte will walk in procession behind their great-grandmother's coffin. They will walk between their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Harry and Meghan.
When the Queen's coffin was taken from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for the lying-in-state, a number of senior royals followed the journey on foot. They are also expected to take a pivotal role in the state funeral on Monday.
Who is with the Queen's coffin?
The Bearer Party will be found by The Queen’s Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Ten Pall Bearers will be found from former Equerries to The Queen. A tri-Service Guard of Honour of 3 Officers and 53 Rank and File from each Service with colours draped, and accompanied by a Band of the Royal Marines with Drums draped and muffled will be mounted in Parliament Square.
The Procession will be led by a massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force numbering 200 musicians. The state gun carriage is flanked by:
- Pall bearers, who are service equerries to the Queen
- His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
- The King's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers)
- The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
- Bearer Party of The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Which royal family members are with the coffin?
Immediately following the Coffin will be His Majesty The King, Members of the Royal Family and members of The King’s Household.
The Queen's eldest son, King Charles III , will take the lead along with the Queen Consort , and will be supported by brothers, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward , and sister Princess Anne .
Prince William , his brother Prince Harry and their cousin Peter Phillips , Princess Anne's son, also followed the gun carriage as it was pulled by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery carried the coffin through central London to the Palace of Westminster, where the monarch lay in state until 6.30am on Monday.
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence , who supported his wife as she accompanied the Queen's coffin from Balmoral, will be beside the Princess Royal and just behind the new King in the funeral procession.
The Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Snowdon will also involved in the -procession on foot. The Duke was the Queen's first cousin and a full-time working member of the Royal Family. His parents were Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (King George VI's brother), and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
David Armstrong-Jones , the Earl of Snowdon, is the son of the late Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth II’s sister), and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. This means that the late Queen was his aunt, and King Charles III is his cousin.
Behind them will be Prince Michael of Kent , who is 51st in the line of succession to the throne, and a paternal first cousin of the late Queen, He will walk alongside he Duke of Kent , who was another first cousin of the Queen.
The Procession will arrive at the West Gate of Westminster Abbey at 10.52am where the Bearer Party will lift the coffin from the State Gun Carriage and carry it into the Abbey for the State Funeral Service.
The State Gun Carriage is a field gun carriage that has been in the care of the Royal Navy since 1901, when it was removed from active service for the funeral of Queen Victoria. The State Gun Carriage has also been previously used for the funerals of King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI, Winston Churchill, and Lord Mountbatten.
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