Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was moved in procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, where it will remain until the day of her funeral.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch will be honored with a full state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19, with all the pomp and circumstance of her late Majesty’s personal touches.
Here’s everything we know about what’s happening, and when, over the next few days.
Today
The King and Queen meet with members of the emergency services and attend a lunch for Commonwealth Governors-General.
Tonight, eight grandchildren – the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and Viscount Severn – will form a silent guard of their own at the coffin of the Queen at Westminster Hall for about 15 minutes.
sunday
evening
The King and Queen Consort welcome heads of state and official visitors from abroad at a state reception at Buckingham Palace.
Monday
6:30 a.m
The lie to the state ends when the doors of Westminster Hall are closed to the public.
8 a.m
Westminster Abbey opens for members of the congregation to take their seats.
10.35 a.m
The pallbearer party of the Queen’s Company, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards lifts the coffin from the catafalque and places it in a state gun carriage first used for the funeral of Queen Victoria.