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☆ Factbox: Order of service for Queen Elizabeth's state funeral
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday when world leaders will join King Charles and the British royal family to bid farewell to Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Following are some of the details of the order of service for the funeral:- The state funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey, central London, at 11 a.m. (1000 GMT). - At the start of the service, as the queen's coffin is carried into the abbey, the Sentences will be sung by the choir of Westminster Abbey. The five Sentences - lines of scripture set to music - have been used at every state funeral since the early 18th century. - Afterwards, the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung, fully muffled, which is the tradition following the funeral of the sovereign.
☆ Sombre pageantry at funeral for Britain's Queen Elizabeth
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Michael Holden Kate Holton Andrew Macaskill | Michael Holden | Kate Holton | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
Inside the abbey, lines of scripture were set to music that has been used at every state funeral since the early 18th century. Those who had camped out in nearby streets were watching the service on smartphones, while hush descended along the Mall, one of London's grand ceremonial boulevards, as the funeral service was relayed live through loudspeakers. 1/35 The funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. The 40th sovereign in a line that traces its lineage back to 1066, Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952, Britain's first post-imperial monarch. "Queen Elizabeth II was without any shadow of a doubt the best known figure in the world, the most photographed person in history, the most recognisable person," historian Anthony Seldon told Reuters.
☆ Factbox: Plans for Queen Elizabeth's state funeral on Monday
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - World leaders will join Britain's royal family, its political elite and members of the military, judiciary and charitable organisations at the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth on Monday. - The State Gun Carriage is a field gun carriage that has previously been used for the funerals of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI, Winston Churchill, and Lord Louis Mountbatten. - The coffin will be followed by King Charles and members of the royal family. The King's Guard in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace will give a royal salute as the coffin passes Queen Victoria Memorial. - The royal family will travel to Windsor by car.
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