The Queen’s coffin shall be taken to Westminster Abbey on the identical gun carriage that was first used for Queen Victoria’s funeral and likewise carried the our bodies of her father, George VI, wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and her beloved uncle Earl Mountbatten.
Almost 500 dignitaries from all over the world will descend on London to pay their final respects to the long-reigning monarch alongside members of the royal household in one of many largest diplomatic moments of the century.
The primary members of the general public pay their respects because the vigil begins across the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II because it lies in state inside Westminster Corridor.Credit score:Getty Photographs
They are going to be joined by UK prime ministers previous and current, and key figures from public life at Westminster Abbey – the historic church that may maintain round 2000 individuals – at 11am on Monday (8pm AEST).
However Buckingham Palace stated a burial service carried out by the Dean of Windsor and attended by the King and royals will stay totally personal as a “deeply private household event”.
