The queen’s coffin might be taken on a 290-kilometre journey by street from Balmoral Fortress
London:
The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II might be held at Westminster Abbey in London at 11:00 am (1000 GMT) on Monday September 19, royal officers mentioned on Saturday.
Buckingham Palace additionally confirmed that the queen, who died on Thursday aged 96, will then be taken to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress, west of London, for a committal service.
The queen’s physique is at the moment in an oak coffin lined by the Royal Commonplace for Scotland, with a wreath of flowers on prime, within the ballroom of Balmoral Fortress, in northeast Scotland.
Royal officers referred to as it “a scene of quiet dignity”.
The queen’s coffin might be taken on a 180-mile (290-kilometre) journey by street from the distant property to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday.
Within the Scottish capital, the coffin might be taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’s Cathedral to lie at relaxation till Tuesday.
It should then be taken by air to Buckingham Palace in London, earlier than lying-in-state at Westminster Corridor from Wednesday.
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