![]() ![]() Russia and Belarus have not been invited because of the war in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said this week. The palace has not released a formal guest list. Invitations are expected to be sent to representatives of all countries with which Britain has diplomatic relations. Those present in the congregation will include family members, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, senior politicians, former premiers, and more than 100 kings, queens and heads of state and other VIPs. Westminster Abbey can hold up to 2,200 people. The service will close with the national anthem and a Lament, a musical expression of grief, at around noon. London Heathrow Airport said flights would be stopped into and out of the airport 15 minutes before and after the silence. Towards the end of the service at around 11:55 am, the Last Post bugle call will sound, followed by a two-minute silence. The funeral, conducted by the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle, with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby giving the sermon, will start at 11:00 am. The queen's eldest son and successor, King Charles III, will lead members of the royal family walking behind the coffin to the West Gate of Westminster Abbey, arriving at 10:52 am. It will be drawn by 142 junior enlisted sailors - naval ratings - rather than horses and will set off at 10:44 am. It was also used for the funerals of kings Edward VII, George V, the queen's father George VI, wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was the last viceroy of British-ruled India. The state gun carriage is a field gun carriage held by the Royal Navy since 1901, when it was withdrawn from active service for the funeral of Queen Victoria. Shortly after 10:35 am a bearer party will lift the coffin from the catafalque, a raised platform, and carry it to the state gun carriage which will be waiting outside the North Door of Westminster Hall. On the morning of the funeral, the lying in state - begun at Westminster Hall in parliament on Wednesday - will continue until 6:30 am (0530 GMT).Īt 6:30 am, the doors will close in preparation for the transfer of the coffin to the nearby abbey. ![]() George's Chapel at Windsor Castle but Elizabeth opted for a larger venue. Since then, the preferred church has been St. ![]()
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