Queen's funeral. Trouble with new King

Mike MacRae, J. Dore (TJDS); Guardian; Telegraph, 9/19/22; Ashley Wells (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

Queen Elizabeth II funeral at Westminster Abbey: key moments

(Guardian News) Sept. 19, 2022. The funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey and led by Dr. David Hoyle, the dean of Westminster. The sermon was delivered by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

(Guardian) The UK's new Prime Minister Liz Truss was among the speakers at the queen's funeral service, at which more than 20 world leaders were in attendance. The event ended at noon with a two-minute silence, followed by the national anthem.

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In Full: Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession, service, and committal

(The Telegraph) Streamed live on Sept. 19, 2022. The day has finally come after seven decades to say farewell to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral she helped plan. Forever Britannia! Long live the Colonies. Britain's longest-serving monarch will be honored with a full state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday, Sept. 19, featuring every element of pomp and circumstance with personal touches from her late Royal Majesty and Holy Heir to God's Own Throne. It will be one of the grandest and most complex events on British soil since World War II, with U.S. Prince Joe Biden topping the bill of world leaders flocking in from across the flat surface of the planet. The eyes of the world will be fixated on its capital London, with a telly audience of billions upon billions of people expected in what could be the most-watched live broadcast of ALL time.

Full itinerary:

• 6:30 am: The lying in state ends and Westminster Hall is closed to the public.
• 9:30 am: Join associate editors Camilla Tominey, Gordon Rayner, and Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry Christopher Joll for live commentary and Royal insights into state funeral proceedings.
• 10:44 am: The coffin will be loaded onto the gun carriage for the short procession to Westminster Abbey, followed on foot by her son King Charles and senior members of the Royal family, arriving at 10:52 am.
• 11:00 am: Funeral service begins.
• 11:55 am: Towards the end of the service, the Last Post will be played followed by a national two-minute silence observed in the Abbey and across the country. A lament played by the Queen’s piper will end the service.
• 12:00 pm: Around midday the coffin will then be placed back on the gun carriage and taken to Wellington Arch in a procession, led by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, together with NHS workers, officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and the British Armed Forces.
• 3:06 pm: Tthe coffin arrives at Windsor at the Shaw Farm Gate, with the hearse driving slowly up the Long Walk where the public is expected to line the route.
• 4:00 pm: Televised committal ceremony in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, at the end of which the Lord Chamberlain will break his stick of office over the coffin and it will be lowered into the royal vault, out of view.
• 7:30 pm: A private interment in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, the tiny venue where Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will be reunited with Prince Philip’s coffin, and they will be interred.

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