– 6.30 local time (5.30 GMT).- Elizabeth II’s funeral chapel closes in the Palace of Westminsterinstalled since Wednesday, through which hundreds of thousands of people have passed to say goodbye to the sovereign for the last time.
– 8.00 (7.00 GMT).- Westminster Abbey doors open for the arrival of those attending the funeral service, which will begin three hours later. Leaders such as the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and heads of monarchies from all over the world, including the kings of Spain, Philip VI and Letizia, will be present at the ceremony.
– 10.35 (9.35 GMT).- The Queen’s chest is placed on an artillery car and leaves Westminster Hall from 10.44 (9.44 GMT). Members of the Royal Navy (Royal Navy) will carry the ceremonial gun carriage in procession from the House of Parliament to nearby Westminster Abbey. the new king Charles III and his three siblings -Ana, Andrés and Eduardo-, as well as their children, the Princes William and Harry, They will run after the mortal remains of the sovereign.
– 11.00 (10.00 GMT). For about 2,000 guests, religious ceremony in the abbey, the same place where Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953. The last state funeral for a British monarch to be held at the London Temple was in 1760, after George II’s death. Since then, funeral ceremonies had been held at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
The Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle, will conduct the funeral, while the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will deliver a sermon and the British Prime Minister, Liz Trussreads a religious text.
– 11.55 (10.55 GMT). A bugle call marks the beginning of a two-minute silence that will be observed across the UK. Heathrow airport will have halted takeoffs and landings minutes earlier to ensure a stern silence in the British capital.
The national anthem and a lament performed by Elizabeth II’s official bagpiper will conclude the funeral service at 12 noon.
– 12.15 (11.15 GMT). The coffin leaves the funeral procession from the abbey towards Wellington Arch, in the southeastern corner of Hyde Park. Big Ben, the famous bell in the tower of the Palace of Westminster, will chime at one-minute intervals during the procession.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police will lead the march, which will also include members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, representatives of the British police and the public health service (NHS).
Charles III will join other members of the royal family, while the Queen Consort, Camilla, the Princess of Wales, Catherine, and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, will follow the procession by car.
– 13:00 (12:00 GMT). In the Wellington’s bowThe Sovereign’s remains will be transferred to a hearse for their final journey to Windsor Castle, some 22 miles west of London.
– 3:00 PM (2:00 PM GMT). The coffin arrives near the castle, where 40 monarchs have lived continuously for almost a thousand years. A procession on foot will cover the 5 kilometers of the Long Walkthe characteristic leafy avenue leading to the royal residence.
– 4pm (3pm GMT). The remains of Isabel II enter the chapel of San Jorge in the castle, the usual place for baptisms, weddings and royal funerals. In recent years, it has hosted the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the funeral of Prince Philip, the Queen’s husband.
Source: El heraldo
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