Monday September 19

At 11am Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey, left. The Queen’s coffin is expected to be carried to the Abbey on a gun carriage, pulled by naval ratings.

Military personnel will line the streets and the King and other members of the royal family will walk behind the coffin. Two minutes of silence will be held across the nation at midday. Later, there will be a committal service in St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.

The Queen will be buried in the King George VI memorial chapel, where she will be reunited with Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years.

Since he died in April 2021, his coffin has been held in the Royal Vault beneath St George’s Chapel. He was not to be buried until the Queen died. But he is now set to be with her for eternity in the Chapel.

The Queen’s parents, King George VI and Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the ashes of Princess Margaret, her sister, are also there.