Queen Elizabeth II’s Complete Funeral Timeline
usmagazine.comQueen Elizabeth II is set to be officially laid to rest 10 days after her death at age 96 — and the world will be watching.Buckingham Palace announced the monarch’s passing on Thursday, September 8. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the official statement read. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”Hours before her death, the palace revealed on Thursday that Elizabeth was placed under the “medical supervision” of her doctors and was “comfortable” at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.
At the time, Prince Charles, Prince William and more loved ones gathered at the castle to be by her side.Preparations for her burial will be finalized while the U.K.
observes the traditional mourning period, with the Archbishop of Canterbury heading up the proceedings. Elizabeth, who was the longest-reigning British royal ahead of her death, will be honored with a state funeral.When her husband, Prince Philip, died at age 99 in April 2021, he was not recognized with a state funeral due to the coronavirus crisis.
At the time, a source told Us Weekly that the royals didn’t “want his death to have a negative impact on the U.K.’s pandemic protocols.” Instead, a more private, military-style service was held at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.The queen was married to the former naval cadet for more than 70 years before he succumbed to old age.
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