Aldi and Primark among stores to close for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral as mark of respect

The chain tweeted it will not be opening next Monday as a mark of respect and to allow store colleagues to 'pay their respects'.

The chain tweeted it will not be opening next Monday as a mark of respect and to allow store colleagues to"pay their respects".

Aldi follows a long line of big companies who have been announcing their closure on Monday, September 19. The funeral date has been declared an official Bank Holiday. Primark confirmed it will shut all its 191 high street stores on Monday September 19, which has been confirmed as a bank holiday as the Queen’s state funeral takes place.A Primark spokeswoman said: “Our stores, depots and head office in the UK will be closed on Monday September 19 to give our colleagues the opportunity to pay their respects and watch the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Andrew Murphy, chief operating officer of The John Lewis Partnership, said: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

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