A national two-minute silence is announced for the end of the state funeral service on Monday.
Queen Elizabeth II made personal additions to plans for her funeral day, Buckingham Palace has said.The state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday is likely to be one of the biggest single ceremonial events staged in Britain since World War Two.The order of service, with its choice of music and readings, is expected to reflect more of the Queen's personal choices for the funeral.
He said the solemnity of the last few days of mourning and the constitutional process was the "envy of the world". Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex and his brother William, the new Prince of Wales, will once more walk side-by-side behind the Queen's coffin during the procession. After the Abbey service, the Queen's coffin will be carried in a further procession to Wellington Arch - led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and members of NHS staff.
The Crown Jeweller will be in attendance to collect the crown from the Queen's coffin and convey it back to the Tower of London.The Queen will be buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, where she will rest with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died last year.
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