London September 11, 2022: Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will be held on Monday 19 September at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
The Queen will lay in state for four days before her funeral on 19 September, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
She will be taken from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, where the coffin will be rested on a raised platform, known as a catafalque.
Her coffin will be draped in the Royal Standard flag and once in Westminster Hall, it will be topped with the Imperial State Crown, orb, and scepter.
Members of the public will then be able to file past and pay their respects.
The grand hall is the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, at the heart of the British government.
The last member of the Royal Family to lie in state in the hall was the Queen Mother in 2002 when more than 200,000 people queued to view her coffin.
