See coverage plans for US and UK news networks below, along with US and UK live streams of the event, which will be broadcast in more than 200 countries starting at midnight PT. Before the service, the Queen’s procession to Westminster Hall will finish at 6.30am. local time on Monday. At about 10:35am, a team of pallbearers will lift her coffin onto the gun carriage used for the funerals of her grandfather George V, her father George VI, Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill. Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life and Duty of Service — Photo Gallery He will carry the Queen’s coffin from Westminster Hall to nearby Westminster Abbey, where the ceremony will take place. The new King Charles III, as well as Princes William and Harry, will walk behind the coffin. World leaders including President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Australia’s Anthony Albanese and Canada’s Justin Trudeau will arrive shortly after. Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Commonwealth Secretary-General will speak as the ceremony begins. This will be followed by a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury. A two-minute silence will be observed across the country, which will include aircraft noise as Heathrow stops all arrivals and departures for half an hour. The closing of the service will be marked by a eulogy, the national anthem and a lament played by the Queen’s piper. The coffin will then be taken to Windsor. The route will be run by the armed forces and guns will be fired every minute. The Sevastopol bell and the curfew bell will each ring. A prayer service will be held at St. George’s Chapel at 4 pm local time. The Dean of Windsor Castle and a congregation including the Royal Family and some of the Queen’s personal staff will lead this ceremony. The Archbishop of Canterbury will give the benediction and those present will sing ‘God Save the King’. Before the final hymn, the imperial crown, orb and scepter will be removed from the Queen’s coffin and placed on the altar. The Queen will be buried at the King George VI Memorial alongside her husband Prince Philip, who died last year. The funeral will use 213 full HD cameras which will be installed in Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel and Westminster Hall. 14 OB trucks will broadcast from 10 locations, and the entire broadcast will be sustainably powered by hydrogen and vegetable oil, according to the BBC. You can watch the ceremony live below.
US COVERAGE
ABC News ABC News’ coverage will include on-the-ground reporting led by World News Tonight anchor David Muir with 20/20 anchor Amy Robach, chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell, senior national affairs correspondent Deborah Robert and foreign correspondent James Longman in London. correspondents Maggie Rulli in Scotland and Lama Hasan and Will Reeve in London as well as royal contributors Omid Scobie, Robert Jobson, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Victoria Murphy and Ailsa Anderson. Good Morning America will have coverage next week. As part of the season premiere, GMA3: What You Need to Know will be broadcast live from London, with co-hosts TJ Holmes and Robach covering the events following the Queen’s death and King Charles III’s ascension to the throne. Nightline will also include coverage of the celebration of the Queen’s life with co-host Juju Chang live from London. ABC News Radio offers live coverage of all the important events surrounding the Queen’s death. In addition, ABC News Radio offers stations multiple hourly status reports, as well as two-way reports with reporters and experts during the morning and afternoon slots. ABC NewsOne, the news affiliate of ABC News, will report live from London with reporters Ines De La Cuetara and Faith Abubey and reporter Patrick Reevell. BBC America The network will broadcast the funeral live and nonstop from 4 a.m. ET on Monday. In addition, the network will air the special “A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen,” featuring special interviews with her children and her collaborators and public figures, starting at 8 p.m. ET the night before. There will be an encore of the special at 11:30pm ET. CBS News On Monday, CBS Mornings co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will present a special CBS News report live from London covering the state funeral. The special coverage will be broadcast on CBS and will be broadcast live on the CBS News Streaming Network. CBS News special coverage will also include CBS News Royal contributors Tina Brown, Julian Payne, Roya Nikkhah, Amanda Foreman and former BBC Royal correspondent Wesley Kerr. Comprehensive coverage will air on CBS News & Stations broadcasts and platforms, including CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath and CBSNews.com. CNN CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper will be live from London for CNN’s special live coverage Monday beginning at 5 a.m. ET. They will be joined by Christiane Amanpour, Max Foster and Richard Quest in London and Don Lemon. As the royal family, heads of state and mourners arrive for the Queen’s historic state funeral, CNN will have reporters across London, including at Westminster Abbey and along the procession route, as well as at Windsor Castle. Nada Bashir, Matthew Chance, Bianca Nobilo, Nic Robertson, Isa Soares, Anna Stewart and Clarissa Ward will provide minute-by-minute updates on the spot, while Zain Asher and Julia Chatterley will offer their unique perspectives from New York. CNN Royal Historian Kate Williams, CNN Royal Commentator Sally Bedell Smith and CNN contributor Trisha Goddard will contribute to CNN’s special live coverage with their expert analysis and insights. CSPAN The event will be covered live by C-SPAN, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN.org & C-SPAN Now beginning Monday at 5:30 p.m. ET. Fox News Fox News Media will provide live coverage of the ceremonies and proceedings during the funeral on Monday. Fox News Channel executive editor and anchor of The Story Martha MacCallum will continue to lead the network’s coverage live from London. Starting at 4 a.m. ET on Monday, FNC will present live special coverage, preempting Fox & Friends until 9 a.m. ET. Anchored by The Canada Gate at Buckingham Palace, MacCallum will be joined by Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt and TalkTV (News UK) Uncensored host Piers Morgan. Fox News Digital will share live updates in a live blog on FoxNews.com, while Fox News Audio will also provide coverage across all platforms, including Fox News 24/7 headlines, the Fox News Hourly Update Podcast and affiliates of Fox News Radio nationally. MSNBC MSNBC will provide special live coverage of the funeral from London beginning at 3 a.m. ET on Monday. Chris Jansing will host the special coverage. At 5 a.m. ET, co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist — along with Katty Kay — will host a special edition of Morning Joe from London. Starting at 10 a.m. ET, Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur and Chris Jansing continue special coverage until the end of the service. Before the services, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel aired a special program, “The Constant Queen,” on Saturday. NBC News NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Lester Holt will have special live coverage of the funeral services Monday beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET. In addition, Holt will be featured that evening on NBC Nightly News live from London at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT. Today.com and NBCNews.com will carry the network’s special coverage live, along with NBC News Now and Today All Day. PBS PBS offers viewers live non-stop coverage of the BBC on Mondays from 4am. to noon ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app. The BBC special, The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, is broadcast that evening from 8-9.30pm. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
UK COVERAGE
In the UK, the country will effectively come to a standstill as daily coverage from Westminster Abbey will be available on the BBC, ITV and Sky News, before programs return to something resembling normality. An incredibly rare ad ban means no commercials will be played for 24 hours, meaning that while the ratings will be astronomical, the day won’t be a cash cow for commercial broadcasters. BBC On the BBC, coverage starts at 8am. BST (12 a.m. PT) as the crowd begins to gather and reaches as late as 5 a.m. BST (9 a.m. PT), taking the official ceremony from 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). Led by Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth, the coverage will be available on both BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News and will be followed by The One Show: Our Queen Remembered and an Events of the Day. highlights package at 8:30am BST (12:30am PT) on BBC One. The simulcasts will take place in…
