The day has lastly come to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II.
Eleven days and an hour after the nation was instructed that the nice monarch had died on the age of 96, Her Majesty might be laid to relaxation together with her beloved husband – her “power and keep” – the late Duke of Edinburgh.
This non-public burial service in Windsor at 7.30pm tonight will cap the tip of a world outpouring of grief the likes we have by no means seen earlier than.
At 6.30am, the final member of public can pay their respects to the Queen mendacity in relaxation, and simply over 4 hours later, bearers from The Queen’s Firm, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, will carry the coffin from the catafalque.
Westminster Abbey will already be full by this stage, having been opened at 8am for visitors to take their seats.
The service will start at 11am, however the capital will come to a standstill beforehand because the procession makes its method by central London.
At noon the service will finish with Final Publish, adopted by a nationwide two-minute silence, after which the nationwide anthem and a lament, performed by the Queen’s Piper.
The late Queen’s coffin will then set off for Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Nook earlier than it’s positioned within the state hearse.
A 25-mile drive to Windsor Citadel, avoiding motorways, will give hundreds of thousands a closing alternative to line the streets and say a closing farewell.
Whereas the Royal household will proceed to mourn the lack of a mom and grandmother, at the moment, the nation says farewell to arguably the best ever Briton.
For 70 years the late Queen served her nation with dignity, grace and peerless loyalty.
This devotion has been mirrored in the best way folks have flocked to London of their droves to pay their respects.
Whereas some famous that being in London over the earlier days was a once-in-a-lifetime second, many spoke of the obligation they felt to say thanks.
Sleeping on the pavement in a single day isn’t any sacrifice when you think about what she did for us, was the final temper.
Lots of of 1000’s of individuals filed by Westminster Corridor to privately thank Queen Elizabeth.
Now, because the eyes of the world flip to London, Elizabeth II will take her closing bow.
In a ceremony of pomp and pageantry – tinged with disappointment however with additionally celebration for a life really lived – the late Queen might be carried by the capital for the final time.