Queen Elizabeth funeral: World says goodbye to British monarch
Global News
Queen Elizabeth II, who sat on the throne for 70 years, died on Sept. 8 in her beloved Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle, alongside members of her family.
The world is saying goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday as the state funeral for the 96-year-old British monarch takes place.
Elizabeth, who sat on the throne for 70 years, died on Sept. 8 in her beloved Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle, alongside members of her family. Her son, King Charles III, ascended to the throne and became head of state for the United Kingdom, Canada and other Commonwealth Nations.
Following her death, the United Kingdom plunged into 10 days of mourning. Mourners in Scotland were able to pay their respects to the queen in the days after her death, before she was taken to London to lie in state at Westminster Hall.
Between Wednesday and Monday, an expected 750,000 people passed through Westminster to see and say goodbye to the queen. At one point on Friday, the queue was paused after it reached capacity. Well-wishers waited several hours for a chance to pay their respects to the queen over the duration of the lying in state.
World leaders arrived in London on the weekend for the state funeral. U.S. President Joe Biden, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alongside several of his predecessors, are in attendance. Roughly 2,000 people are expected to attend the state funeral, Britain’s first since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.
It will take place at Westminster Abbey, starting at 6 a.m. ET. The queen’s coffin will be born in procession on the state gun carriage of the royal navy from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey for the funeral. The state funeral will be followed later in the day by a smaller committal service at Windsor Castle.
Elizabeth will be buried alongside her late husband Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died last year.
A woman born into the Royal Family, Elizabeth was never expected to become queen.
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