Her funeral service will take place at Westminster Abbey on an official day of ‘national mourning’
Her Majesty was known as Britain’s longest reigning sovereign and following her death, her funeral is should be taking place 10 days after, making it Sunday 18 September.
Though the funeral will take place on a “day of national mourning”, which is effectively a bank holiday, it won’t be named as such. Politico adds that there will be a committal service in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, and the queen will be buried in the castle’s King George VI Memorial Chapel on the tenth day following her death.Operation Unicorn dictates the protocols in case of the Queen dying while at her summer residence in Balmoral, Scotland.
The Palace, along with the Scottish Parliament and St Giles' Cathedral will become the main focus for the public and the world's media.
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