Tens of thousands of people traveled to London and Windsor for the state funeral and funeral, which will be watched on television by millions around the world. There will be continuous coverage from 9am. on Sky News and you can follow all the events on our website and apps. This will happen and when. At 8 a.m. opens Westminster Abbey The doors of Westminster Abbey will open and the first guests will begin to take their seats. A total of 500 foreign dignitaries will be among 2,000 guests, including politicians, civil servants, some celebrities and many ‘ordinary’ members of the public who will be chosen for charity or community projects. Many world leaders who met the Queen during her long reign will be among those representing almost 200 countries and territories. 10.35 am The Queen’s coffin leaves Westminster Hall Shortly after 10.35am, the coffin will be raised and carried in procession to the Royal Navy State Carriage outside the north door. 10.44 Procession to Westminster Abbey A total of around 6,000 representatives from all three armed forces will take part in the procession, with 98 Royal Navy sailors towing the 123-year-old carriage that will carry the Queen’s coffin to Westminster Abbey. This follows the tradition set at Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1902, when the horses panicked and a group of sailors were ordered to carry the carriage through the streets of Windsor. Since then, the carriage, originally built in 1899, has been kept in an environmentally secure room at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth – where its keeper, Lt Paul “Ronnie” Barker turns its wheels a quarter turn each week to ensure they don’t bow by gravity. The Queen’s coffin will be followed by the King and his brothers and the Queen’s grandchildren. They will be followed by the Queen’s son-in-law, Rear-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, her cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, and her nephew, the Earl of Snowdon. 10.52 am The procession arrives at the Abbey The procession, led by a massive Pipes & Drums of the Scots and Irish Regiments, the Gurkha Brigade and the Royal Air Force and numbering 200 musicians, will arrive at 10.52am. and the coffin will be taken to the Abbey for the service. 11:00 The funeral begins The funeral will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster, with Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Commonwealth Secretary-General reading the Lessons. The Archbishop of York, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the Moderator of the Free Churches will offer prayers. The homily will be delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who will also give the eulogy. The Dean of Westminster will then pronounce the benediction. 11.55 Last post and two minutes silence Towards the end of the service the Last Post will be played and there will be a two minute silence which will be observed in the Abbey and across the UK. The national anthem will be played and lamentation will follow at the end of the service around noon. 12.15 p.m. Proceed to Wellington Arch The coffin will be carried from the Abbey and back to the State Gun Carriage for another procession to Wellington Arch. The King and Members of the Royal Family will again walk behind His Majesty. The Queen Consort, Princess of Wales, Duchess of Sussex and Countess of Wessex will follow by car. The march will include detachments from the Commonwealth Armed Forces. Minute Guns will be fired in Hyde Park by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery and Big Ben will be tolling throughout, with a silencer to quieten the tone of the bell. Image: Wellington Arch Image: AP 13:00 Procession arrives at Wellington Arch At Wellington Arch, the coffin will be transferred from the carriage to the state hearse to travel to Windsor. As the procession departs, the parade will give a royal salute and the national anthem will be played. The King and members of the Royal Family will then depart for Windsor. People are expected to follow the route from central London along the Great West Road, past Heathrow Airport and through Staines before reaching Windsor. 15:06 Arrival at Windsor The State Hearse will approach the Shaw Farm Gate in Albert Road, Windsor, and join the Procession which has also formed in its place. He will travel up the Long Walk to St George’s Chapel for the engagement. 15.10 Procession to the Long Walk This will be followed by a procession led by a dismounted detachment of the Household Cavalry, with pipers and drums and a band from the Coldstream Guards. They will be followed by members of the Queen’s personal staff. The route will be made by the armed forces. 3.40 p.m. The royal family joins the procession The King and members of the Royal Family will join the procession in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle. Minute Guns will be fired on the East Lawn by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, as the Sevastopol Bell – captured in the Crimea in 1856 – and the Curfew Tower Bell toll simultaneously. The procession will stop at the bottom of the west steps of St George’s Chapel in the Horseshoe Cloister, where the pallbearer will lift the coffin from the state hearse and carry it to the Procession on the west steps. A guard of honor will be formed by the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Queen’s coffin will be carried up the West Steps to the Chapel. 16:00 Commitment service Around 800 people, including members of the Queen’s Household and Windsor estate staff, will attend the committal service. The Dean of Windsor will lead the service, with prayers from the Rector of Sandringham, the Minister of Crathy Kirk and the Chaplain of Windsor Great Park. The choir of the Chapel of Agios Georgios will sing during the service. Before the final hymn, the imperial crown, orb and scepter will be removed from the Queen’s coffin and placed on the altar. Click to subscribe to Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts At the end of the last hymn, the King will place the camp color of the Queen of Grenadier Guards on the coffin. At the same time, the Lord Chamberlain will “break” his staff of office and place it in the coffin. The coffin will be lowered into the Royal Vault as the Dean of Windsor reads a psalm. The Queen’s piper will play a lament as she walks away. The Archbishop of Canterbury will give a benediction and the national anthem is sung. The operation is expected to conclude around 4.30 pm. 19.30 The burial The funeral will be a deeply personal family occasion and completely private. It will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor. The earth that will be spread over the coffin will have been collected from the royal mausoleum at Frogmore. The Queen’s final resting place will be the King George VI Memorial, a small annex to the main chapel at Windsor – where her mother and father are buried and where the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret, are kept. When Prince Philip died, he was temporarily laid to rest in the Royal Vault at St George’s, but will now be moved to the Chapel of Remembrance to join the Queen, where they will lie in state together. Image: Full coverage from 9am
