Queen's funeral

King Charles will travel to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales before Queen's state funeral on Monday 19 September.

At 10.44am the Queen’s coffin will be taken in procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey in central London. The King and the Queen Consort will return to Buckingham Palace. The Queen’s lying in state continues, and is expected to end on the morning of her funeral. After the funeral, the Queen’s coffin will travel in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. The King will lead a procession behind the late Queen’s coffin. The lying in state begins, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past the coffin to pay their respects over the next four days. At 5pm, the Queen’s coffin will travel by road from St Giles’ Cathedral in Scotland to Edinburgh airport, where it will be flown to London, departing at 6pm. The King and the Queen Consort will then leave Belfast for London. After arriving at RAF Northolt at 6.55pm, the coffin will be driven to Buckingham Palace. The King will meet the secretary of state for Northern Ireland and party leaders. A Ceremony of the Keys on the forecourt of the palace will follow. The prime minister will also attend the service.

Leaders from around the world plan to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, but the jury is still out on former president Donald Trump's attendance.

Still, he seemed to have recovered, as he famously said a year later after his second visit that the [Queen had more fun with him](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448600-trump-says-queen-elizabeth-had-more-fun-with-him-than-in-25-years/) than she had in the past 25 years. [visit](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/leaders-and-monarchs-from-around-world-to-attend-queens-state-funeral) to the British embassy in Paris on Friday to pay his respects. [news](https://www.newsweek.com/jake-tapper-slammed-suggesting-biden-invite-trump-queens-funeral-1741711) [media](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-loved-queen-but-biden-to-invite-him-to-funeral-2022-9) circuit, is whether 45 will be invited to the funeral. [Westminster Abbey](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/how-england-will-officially-mourn-queen-elizabeth); it will be a [bank holiday](https://www.vanityfair.com/live/queen-elizabeth-live-updates). Perhaps Jake Tapper summed it up best, when he [said](https://thehill.com/media/3637099-cnns-tapper-it-would-be-clever-for-biden-to-invite-trump-to-queens-funeral/) on “The Lead” on Friday that he expects Biden will invite other living US presidents, with a Trump-shaped question mark: “I mean, the UK has made it very clear, that’s up to the president. US president Joe Biden has [announced that he will attend](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/09/president-biden-attend-queen-elizabeths-funeral/8027121001/), and [offered kind words](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/08/statement-of-president-joe-biden-and-first-lady-jill-biden-on-the-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/) about the former monarch: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. [fared a faux pas-filled](https://www.insider.com/trump-made-big-royal-faux-pas-when-visiting-the-queen-2018-7) visit with the Queen in 2018, complete with breaches of royal protocol. He also [wrote a tribute](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/09/france-grief-queen-elizabeth-ii-macron-address) to the Queen: “She held a special status in France and a special place in the hearts of the French people. Her leadership and enduring diplomacy secured and advanced alliances with the United States and countries around the world.” Will he invite Trump?” He walked in front of the queen, [showed up 12 minutes late,](https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/queen-elizabeth-donald-trump-uk-visit-late.html) and arrived with his [jacket unbuttoned](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/07/13/twitter-counts-ways-president-trump-insulted-queen/784042002/). [Harry and Meghan](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/william-and-harry-return-to-families-after-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii)— [members of the royal families](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/leaders-and-monarchs-from-around-world-to-attend-queens-state-funeral) of Spain, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands will also make an appearance.

Bob Broadhurst says royal family's desire to be close to public is an 'absolutely frightening' prospect.

The funeral itself will be a target for terrorists.” And that’s where the difficulty lies.” “The plotting we’re seeing is more of the lone actor model. And that crowd of however many millions that will be on the streets have not been searched and cannot be searched. “It’s what the Met, it’s what London is good at it. Downing Street has said 1,500 military personnel will be on hand to assist in the capital.

Then there's the funeral. Royalty, presidents, current and former prime ministers, diplomats and dignitaries are poised to descend on London for the ceremony on ...

The attendees will instead be bussed to Westminster Abbey from a location in west London. After the funeral, overseas leaders will be escorted to Dean’s Yard within the grounds of the abbey for a reception hosted by the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly. The UK’s political leaders such as the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, will be there. [three quarters of a million people](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/five-mile-queue-expected-when-queen-lies-in-state-3d3cdr7mk) are expected to file past the Queen lying-in-state in the Palace of Westminster. Emperor Naruhito of Japan, who ascended the Chrysanthemum throne back in 2019, has plans to travel to London for the funeral in what would be his first overseas trip since becoming emperor. [Joe Biden](https://www.newstatesman.com/tag/joe-biden) would attend the funeral.

Islanders with join the UK with a bank holiday to mark the death of the Queen.

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [proclamation of King Charles III](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-62862423). [announced the state funeral would take place](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60617519) on Monday 19 September.

The retailer said a limited number of Waitrose stores near the route of the funeral procession may remain open to serve members of the public. However, it said ...

However, this is at the discretion of individual businesses.” A spokesperson said: “Our stores, depots and head office in the UK will be closed … They have just been turned down, as our music and tannoy announcements have been switched off in stores.” Andrew Murphy, the chief operating officer of John Lewis Partnership, said: “We will be closing our stores … However, it said they would be closed during the funeral. [Harrods](https://www.theguardian.com/business/harrods), which added: “We will continue to commemorate the life of Her Majesty the Queen and pay our respects by closing the store on the day of the state funeral.”

The world is in mourning following the death of Her Majesty the Queen, who served her country and the Commonwealth for over 70 years.

George's Chapel in Windsor, where a committal service will then take place. Royal fans around the globe will be able to watch the funeral and it's been said that millions are expected to tune in. MORE:

The royal invitation sent to the White House to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral was for President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden only, White House ...

He is to depart for London on Saturday. delegation to attend the Sept. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

On Monday, September 12 a service took place at St Giles Cathedral, with King Charles and the Queen Consort arriving in Edinburgh for the procession from the ...

Following the funeral, Her Majesty's coffin will travel in a procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch before being transported to Windsor. The coffin was carried inside the cathedral at 2.55pm. The occasion will be marked with a national Bank Holiday. Gun salutes and bell tolls will follow. The journey from Balmoral Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse took around six hours. What will happen on the day of the Queen's funeral?

If you're curious about what's next for the queen's favorite son, now that she's no longer around to protect him amid sex-abuse allegations, ...

But the queen also offered him all sorts of [protection](https://www.thecut.com/2021/03/the-palace-protected-prince-andrew-but-not-meghan-markle.html), including a [place to hide](https://www.thecut.com/2021/09/prince-andrew-reportedly-hiding-from-rape-case-at-balmoral.html) from attorneys trying to serve him court papers, a spot on the palace’s payroll, and even the occasional [public appearance](https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/prince-andrew-escorted-the-queen-to-prince-philips-memorial.html). Prince Andrew, who has spent the past few years clumsily addressing his alleged involvement in [his friend Jeffrey Epstein’s underage trafficking ring](https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/prince-andrew-and-virginia-giuffre-settle-sex-abuse-lawsuit.html), was walking behind his mother’s coffin when someone yelled out, “Andrew, you’re a sick old man!” [recently paying](https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/how-will-prince-andrew-pay-virginia-giuffre-settlement.html) a multimillion-dollar sex-abuse settlement related to his links to Epstein, Andrew has otherwise experienced few consequences. He was [stripped](https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/prince-andrew-stripped-of-military-titles-royal-patronages.html) of his royal and military titles in January after a Manhattan judge ruled that Virginia Giuffre’s sexual-assault lawsuit against him could move forward; therefore, he was the only one of the queen’s children not wearing a military uniform during Monday’s procession. [What We Know About the Queen’s Funeral](//www.thecut.com/2022/09/when-is-the-queens-funeral.html) [Anti-Monarchy Protesters Are Getting Arrested in the U.K.](//www.thecut.com/2022/09/anti-monarchy-protesters-are-getting-arrested-in-the-u-k.html) [Guess Who’s Inheriting the Queen’s Corgis](//www.thecut.com/2022/09/queens-corgis-will-reportedly-pass-to-prince-andrew.html) [See All](https://nymag.com/tags/queen-elizabeth/) [queen’s favorite son](https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/what-happens-to-prince-andrew-now-that-the-queen-has-died.html), now that she is no longer around to protect him, Monday’s funeral procession in Scotland provided a glimpse.

The death of the Queen - the world's longest-reigning monarch - has not only rocked the nation, but the world. Her state funeral will be one of the largest ...

Her state funeral will be one of the largest diplomatic occasions of the century. [the Queen](https://news.sky.com/thequeen) married Prince Philip in 75 years ago, and just one year ago paid tribute to him there at his memorial service. The Duke of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester - who are the Queen's cousins - are also likely to be there. The Queen's family will of course be there to mourn their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. The Queen's funeral will take place on Monday 19 September at 11am and will be attended by some of the world's most prestigious leaders and politicians, all of whom will be keen to be seen paying respect to the world's longest-reigning monarch. Who will be at the Queen's funeral (and who won't)

Three English Premier League games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed ahead of Queen Elizabeth's funeral.

Earlier, England's Football Association (FA) and the English Football League (EFL) said matches will resume as scheduled from Tuesday after the last round of fixtures were postponed following the queen's death last week. "For the matches being played during the period of National Mourning, tributes will be paid to The Queen at Premier League stadiums." "Seven of the 10 Premier League fixtures this weekend will be played, with three matches postponed due to events surrounding The Queen's funeral," the Premier League said in a statement.

But NHS bosses must make sure out-of-hours service is available and care home Covid boosters to continue.

There have been reports of some hospitals in England and other parts of the UK cancelling routine treatments due to take place on the day of the funeral too. NHS England has written to local bosses saying while GP services will be able to close on the bank holiday there needs to be enough out-of-hours care. NHS bosses have been told to make sure patients can access care if GPs close on the day of the Queen's funeral.