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This remarkable week has shown how ritual unites and comforts us as we experienced the closing of a chapter in our national life, writes former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond

US President Joe Biden on Saturday headed to London to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The state funeral, the first in Britain since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, will take place Monday at Westminster Abbey in London at 11:00 am (1000 GMT). Biden will be among…

When Sir Winston Churchill died in 1965, Daily Mail writer Vincent Mulchrone wrote there were "now two rivers running silently through in London, one of them made of people" as people queued to pay their respects.

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday is likely to be the most expensive state event witnessed in modern times, with world leaders flying in to attend and millions tuning in at home

Experts on bereavement say it is common to be busy after a loved one’s death but it is important to make time to reflect

A combined TV audience of well over 20 million is possible.

State funerals for a so-called ‘commoners’ need the assent of both parliament and monarch

A range of stays for those planning a visit to the capital to pay their respects

Sir Winston Churchill and the Duke of Wellington are among those to have had state funerals