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Queen Elizabeth II's Coffin Begins Its Final Journey
Millions of mourners astir the satellite are bidding a last farewell to the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.
On Sept. 19, members of the royal household including King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince William, Kate Middleton and much gathered to grant the Queen's beingness astatine a work held astatine Westminster Abbey successful London. (Watch the ceremonial here.)
The funeral proceedings began astatine 5:34 a.m. ET, with her household arriving astatine the House of Parliament to escort her coffin to Westminster Abbey. Her last resting spot will be at St. George's Chapel wrong Windsor Castle, where husband Prince Philip as good arsenic her parents, George VI and Queen Elizabeth are buried.
Queen Elizabeth, who served arsenic the longest-reigning monarch successful British history, died connected Sept. 8 at the property of 96. Soon after quality broke of her passing, her eldest son, formally known arsenic Prince Charles anterior to her death, shared a fewer words on behalf of his family.
"The decease of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty the Queen, is simply a infinitesimal of the top sadness for maine and each members of my family," he wrote successful a statement shared by Buckingham Palace. "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I cognize her nonaccomplishment volition beryllium profoundly felt passim the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless radical astir the world."
Queen Elizabeth II Updates: Mourning, Funeral & Royal Succession
In summation to welcoming 4 children with the precocious Phillip, the Queen welcomed 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren throughout the people of her life. The British monarch's hubby of 73 years passed distant successful April 2021 astatine the property of 99.
Keep speechmaking for a look astatine however Her Majesty's beingness was commemorated during the last time of nationalist mourning.
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Queen Elizabeth II's Casket
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew & Prince Edward
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Prince Harry & Prince William
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Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales
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Procession Toward Westminster Abbey
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Princess Charlotte, Prince George & Kate Middleton
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Princess Charlotte
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Lying successful State
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Gentlemen astatine Arms Inside Westminster Abbey
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The Mall successful London
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Princess Eugenie & Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
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King Charles II
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Westminster Abbey
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Boris Johnson & Carrie Johnson
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President Joe Biden & First Lady Jill Biden
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