What happens after the funeral? After the funeral in Westminster, the Queen's coffin will be transferred to Windsor Castle, where there will be a committal service in St George's Chapel. She will be buried in the castle's King George VI Memorial Chapel, alongside her father, her mother, and her sister's ashes.
After the funeral, the Queen's coffin will travel in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. From there, it will travel to Windsor Castle. The coffin will be lowered into the royal vault, and her final resting place will be the King George VI memorial chapel at St George's chapel, Windsor.
The eight men are from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards which had a close connection with the Queen who held the position of company commander. At the time the British Army said the "very best soldiers" were chosen to carry out this solemn duty. Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories?
Queen Elizabeth II will be buried in the King George VI memorial chapel, in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The chapel located next to the North Quire aisle in the building, was built between 1968 and 1969 and commemorates it's namesake - King George VI, the Queen's father.
The Queen's coffin will enter the grounds of Windsor Castle before finally arriving at St George's Chapel for the service at 4pm. The Queen will be put to rest alongside the love of her life, Prince Philip, as she is lowered into the Royal Vault, one of the burial chambers that sees monarchs rest in peace.
Her Majesty The Queen's Coffin will depart St Giles's Cathedral for Buckingham Palace tomorrow, Tuesday 13th September 2022. Having travelled from St Giles' Cathedral, Her Majesty's Coffin will depart in a Royal Air Force aircraft from Edinburgh Airport in the early evening, arriving into RAF Northolt.
The coffin bearers at the Queen's funeral are from a unit of which the late monarch was Company Commander. Soldiers from the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, were chosen to lift the coffin during the service at Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle.
Jack Burnell-Williams, a member of the Household Cavalry, died on Wednesday, September 28, after being unresponsive at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge, London, the Army said in a statement.
The Queen's coffin was carried on the State Gun Carriage. The tradition of sailors pulling the coffin was brought in after the horses used to pull Queen Victoria's coffin in 1901 for her funeral were spooked and almost tipped her coffin.
FOOTAGE has been captured of a man who appears to run forward and touch the Queen's coffin inside Westminster Hall. The clip was shared online with the source unnamed.
When the Queen's coffin is taken to her funeral service at Westminster Abbey it will be carried on a royal navy state gun carriage pulled along by sailors. This royal tradition has been a feature at every funeral for a monarch since Queen Victoria was laid to rest over 100 years ago.
Onlookers said the man tried to touch the Queen's coffin. "Some person decided they were going to push my seven-year-old niece out the way, run up to the coffin, lift up the standard and try to do I don't know what," witness Tracey Holland said. "She was grabbed out the way and the police had him within two seconds."
Eight pallbearers who carried the late Queen's coffin at her funeral are among those to be recognised in a special honours list. The soldiers - who were selected to be pallbearers from the King's Company (then Queen's), 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards - have been awarded the silver Royal Victorian Medal.
The eight pallbearers who carried the Queen's coffin have been awarded the silver Royal Victoria Medal in recognition of the important role they played at her funeral.
The coffin bearers carrying the late Queen Elizabeth II at her funeral were specifically chosen to protect her body after her passing. The late Queen Elizabeth II was Company Commander for the soldiers picked to be pallbearers for the funeral. The men, part of the 1st Battalion ...
Eight pallbearers are required to carry the coffin, rather than the usual six, as it weighs around a quarter of a tonne, or between 249-318kg.
In some of the most poignant moments of the late Queen's funeral, eight Grenadier Guards in uniform carried her coffin, draped in the Royal Standard, into London's Westminster Abbey and her final resting place at St George's Chapel in Windsor.
It has been estimated that it would weigh between 250kg and 317kg. Eight military bearers have been selected to carry the Queen's coffin on the day of her funeral. According to the Ministry of Defence, the bearer party is formed of eight soldiers from the Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
Following a public viewing at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, her coffin left the church at 5pm via hearse. It flew from the Scottish capital and arrived in west London at around 6.55pm. From thereon it was taken to Buckingham Palace still in the company of Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.
The public will be able to file past the coffin 24 hours a day from 5pm on Wednesday 14 September until 6.30am on the day of the funeral - Monday 19 September. Those wishing to attend will be required to queue for many hours, possibly overnight.
Royal Navy sailors have the honour of pulling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing the Queen's coffin for two miles through the streets of London – a duty they have performed since the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.
A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral. They may wear white gloves in order to prevent damaging the casket and to show respect to the deceased person.
Lance Sergeant Alex Turner, Lance Corporal Tony Flynn, Lance Sergeant Elias Orlowski, Guardsman Fletcher Cox, Guardsman James Patterson, Lance Sergeant Ryan Griffiths, Guardsman Luke Simpson, and Guardsman David Sanderson were selected to be pallbearers from the King's Company (then Queen's), 1st Battalion Grenadier ...
Queen's Gallantry Medal ( QGM )
A silver bar may be issued to QGM holders who perform a further act of such bravery which would have merited award of the QGM . This award is available posthumously.
The Queen's coffin made its way through Scotland and flowers were thrown by members of the crowd.