Queen Elizabeth's memorial holiday explained. Thursday has been declared a one-off public holiday to give Australians the opportunity to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Here is all you need to know about what is happening tomorrow and how it might impact your day.
Bank holiday for the Queen's funeral
Monday 19 September 2022 is a national bank holiday in the UK. This is to allow individuals, businesses and other organisations to pay their respects on the day of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral.
Queen's memorial public holiday: what's open, closed and what to expect in Australia on national day of mourning. Australians have been given a one-off public holiday on Thursday as a national day of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
How many days do we get off when the Queen dies? While the UK will partake in a 10-day mourning period, only the day of the Queen's funeral will be considered a national holiday. So, for anyone Googling '12 day mourning period off work', you won't get a full fortnight to mourn the Queen.
Mourning period guidance
The day of the National Memorial Service on 22 September 2022 will be a National Day of Mourning for Australia and a National public holiday.
Australians will get a one-off public holiday as a national day of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has announced.
In line with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's announcement yesterday, a National Day of Mourning will be observed in Victoria on Thursday, 22 September 2022. The day will be a normal trading day, which is consistent with the Grand Final Friday, Boxing Day and many other public holidays.
Following the news of Queen Elizabeth II's death, the government has announced that the day of her funeral, 19th September 2022, will be a national bank holiday.
Caption Options. On the day of the Queen's funeral, the London Stock Exchange will close. Schools will shut, and businesses are likely to give their employees the day off.
Traditionally, the Queen's death would have triggered a 12-day mourning period, but on the 9 September 2022, Buckingham Palace released a statement detailing that King Charles III has requested an extension, with the mourning period lasting until 7 days after Queen Elizabeth's funeral on 19 September 2022.
The Government has announced that all Australians will have a one-off public holiday on Thursday 22 September 2022 that coincides with a memorial service for The Queen.
In honour of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a holiday on Monday, September 19, 2022 for employees of the federal government.
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But the month also holds important national holidays including Labor Day and Patriot Day, which honors and remembers those who were killed in the September 11 attacks.
September 19, 2022 will be a holiday for federal government employees. It will be a day of mourning for the passing of Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
At the time of writing, Prince Edward Island is the only province that has unambiguously declared September 19, 2022 a one-time statutory holiday for all workers that are provincially regulated.
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Each state and territory has confirmed that Thursday 22 September 2022 will be a public holiday for a National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty The Queen. Specific rules and entitlements apply for public holidays.
Legally, there does not need to be anything done in Australia to result in the change from queen to king. That happens automatically as soon as a monarch dies. When Queen Elizabeth II died, Charles immediately became king of Australia.
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This Day in History: September 23
This day in 1846, astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person ever to observe the planet Neptune, the existence of which had been mathematically predicted by Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.