The procession consists of seven groups, each backed by a service band. Mounties from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will lead the way, closely followed by representatives from the Royal Ulster Constabulary, NHS, along with contingents from the Commonwealth Armed Forces. At Wellington Arch, the royal family will watch as the Queen’s coffin is carried into the new state hearse, the details of which have been approved by the Queen, before it begins its journey to Windsor Castle.
Front of gun carriage: Mounted Metropolitan Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, George Cross Representatives, Commonwealth Forces Representative Detachments, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force Representative Detachments, Her Majesty’s Realms Defense Advisers & Staff , Representative Colonels of the Commonwealth Forces of which His Majesty was Colonel-in-Chief, Servants of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, Representatives of the Forces of which His Majesty was Air Chief, Representative Colonels-in-Chief, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Regiments and of Her Majesty’s Corps, Commandant of the Royal Marines, Representatives of Her Majesty’s Ships, Commander of Strategic Command, Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff, Chief of the Air Staff, Chief of the General Staff, Chief of of the Naval Staff, Chief of the Defense Staff, Drummer and Trumpeter, First Division of Her Majesty’s Escort, Major Jin ral Commanding the Division and Staff of the Households, Pursuers, Heralds and Kings of Arms, Captains of the Body Guard, Household of Queen Elizabeth II. Behind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household Cavalry, Second Division of The Sovereign’s Escort, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, The Duke of York, The Princess Royal, The King, Mr. Peter Phillips, The Duke of Sussex, The Prince of Wales Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, The Duke of Gloucester, The Earl of Snowdon, The Queen Consort, The Princess of Wales, The Duchess of Sussex, The Countess of Wessex and Forfar, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Coldstream Guards, Gold Stick in Waiting, Adjutant in Brigade Waiting, Silver Stick Adjutant, Crown Equerry, Household of The King, Household of The Prince of Wales.
Windsor procession: who will walk behind the coffin?
The Earl Marshal said that at 3.06pm, the state hearse will approach Shaw Farm Gate in Albert Road, Windsor, and join the procession in its place. At 3.10 p.m. the procession will start via Albert Road, Long Walk, Cambridge Gate, Cambridge Drive, George IV Gate, Quadrangle (South and West sides), Engine Court, Norman Arch, Chapel Hill, Parade Ground and Horseshoe Cloister Arch. At about 3.40 p.m. the King and other members of the royal family walking in the procession join the Quadrangle on the north side as it passes Engine Court.
