Westminster Abbey

About 2000 people, including royalty, world leaders and members of the public will be in attendance for the funeral – the first for a monarch held at the ...

With thanksgiving we praise God for her constant example of Christian faith and devotion. Dean of Westminster David Hoyle is conducting the service, and the sermon will be delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. About 2,000 people, including royalty, world leaders and members of the public, are inside Westminster Abbey, for the first funeral of a monarch to be held there since King George II's funeral in 1760.

The doors of Westminster Abbey have opened ahead of the state funeral of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

There, the Queen's coffin will enter St George's Chapel for a committal service. A guard of honour stood in the square made up of all three military services. Attended by a smaller congregation of about 800 guests, the committal service will be conducted by Dean of Windsor David Conner, with a blessing from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Following the service, the coffin will be drawn in a walking procession from the Abbey to Wellington Arch, at London's Hyde Park Corner, to the sombre toll of Big Ben. The event is also expected to be watched by millions around the world, with the Queen the head of state for 14 realms throughout the Commonwealth. Millions of people will be watching the funeral across the country and most workplaces are closed for a bank holiday.

Join 1News for live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in London. Full coverage will be shown in a 1News Special from 7.30pm on TVNZ 1, ...

Prince Andrew will also join the procession. Prince Harry is behind the coffin watching on. 8.16pm - The NZDF prepares to march as a part of the Queen's funeral procession. Join 1News for live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in London. For a formal setting to watch the funeral people will gather at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. You can read it here. Harry and Megan will be walking alongside the rest of the Queen's immediate family as the coffin enters the Abbey. 8.45pm - The order of service for the funeral has been released outlining who will speak, what prayers will be read and what hymns will be sung. [Click here for timings of how the funeral will unfold this evening and into the morning.](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/19/queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral-what-you-need-to-know/) [Melissa Stokes ahead of the funeral.](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/18/exclusive-willie-apiata-shares-beautiful-memories-of-the-queen/) [READ MORE: ](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/19/why-sailors-will-pull-the-queens-royal-gun-carriage-not-horses/) [Why sailors will pull the Queen's royal gun carriage - not horses](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/19/why-sailors-will-pull-the-queens-royal-gun-carriage-not-horses/) [Click here to watch the funeral livestream.](https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/01/live-stream-1news-special/)

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is being held Monday at London's historic Westminster Abbey. Her body has been lying in state since Wednesday at ...

The carriage also was used for the funeral of Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, in 1952. Westminster Abbey also was the site of Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953 and her wedding to Prince Philip in 1947. Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was appointed to her office by the queen just two days before Elizabeth died, will read a lesson.

Westminster Abbey, which is hosting Queen Elizabeth II's funeral service, is the historic church where almost every English and British king and queen have ...

Abantu bagera ku 2000, barimo abategetsi b'ibihugu, abo mu miryango y'ubwami yo mu mahanga hamwe n'abaturage, bawitabiriye.

Abantu bagera ku 2,000 ni bo basezera bwa nyuma ku Mwamikazi mu muhango wo kumushyingura wo ku rwego rwa leta, barimo n'abanyacyubahiro 500 - aba bagizwe n'abaperezida, ba minisitiri w'intebe hamwe n'imiryango y'ubwami bwo mu mahanga, bari mu batumiwe. Uyu muhango wo gushyingura ku rwego rwa leta wa mbere ubayeho kuva ku wari Minisitiri w'intebe Sir Winston Churchill mu mwaka wa 1965, watangiye saa tanu z'amanywa (11:00 BST) ku isaha yaho, ni ukuvuga saa sita z'amanywa (12h) ku isaha yo mu Rwanda no mu Burundi. Umuhango wo kwibuka umwamikazi wa mbere wamaze igihe kirekire cyane ku ngoma mu Bwongereza, Umwamikazi Elizabeth II, watangiye mu rusengero rwa Westminster Abbey.

Britain's King Charles III and Princess Anne attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. An aerial shot of mourners inside Westminster Hall for Queen ...

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is taking place as the King led members of the Royal Family in procession behind her coffin to Westminster Abbey. Tens ...

Two minute's silence followed across the country before Reveille was sounded by the trumpeters. Leaders of loving service are still rarer. [In pictures: the Queen's state funeral](https://news.sky.com/story/queen-elizabeth-order-of-service-for-late-monarchs-state-funeral-and-committal-service-12700945) [The history and significance of Queen's final resting place](http://https://news.sky.com/story/st-georges-chapel-windsor-queen-elizabeth-iis-final-resting-place-12698731) Charles R." Hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to London and Windsor for the funeral and burial service, which are being watched on television by millions around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to London and Windsor for the state funeral and burial service, which is being watched on television by millions around the world.

Royals and world leaders have gathered at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday morning (Monday night New Zealand time) to farewell Britain's Queen Elizabeth ...

The Queen's coffin was borne to the Abbey from the Palace of Westminster on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy. Accompanying the coffin were HM The King, ...

This was the last time she visited the Abbey. After the funeral, the Westminster Abbey Company of Ringers began ringing a full peal of Stedman Caters, lasting more than three hours. The Dean pronounced the Blessing. The Queen's coffin was borne to the Abbey from the Palace of Westminster on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy. All who follow the Queen’s example, and inspiration of trust and faith in God, can with her say: ‘We will meet again.’’ With gratitude we remember her unswerving commitment to a high calling over so many years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth.

As her nation's first post-imperial monarch, Elizabeth had spent much of her reign watching the British Empire dissipate, making the words of the first hymn at ...

Not long after becoming queen, her younger sister Princess Margaret had to give up plans to marry a divorced man because it was considered too scandalous. Critics say it shows a country clinging to its past. The grief of the day was shared not only by those in Britain but across the world, he said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com For the leaders of those realms, Monday's funeral was likely to represent not just a farewell to Elizabeth but a goodbye to monarchy.