The Queen has died and King Charles III is the new monarch. Here is the day-by-day account of what is expected to happen next, leading up to the Queen’s funeral in around 11 days’ time.
pandemic, the Government and the Royal Household prepared a “London minus” version of the London Bridge plans in case it was needed – which is now unlikely – with all the elements but with the involvement of fewer people.
They will also announce that the funeral day will be a public holiday in the form of a Day of National Mourning.The Royal Standard never flies half-mast. It represents the Sovereign and the United Kingdom, and is a symbol of the continuation of the monarchy. – Bells and gun salutes – Bells will toll at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Windsor Castle.Gun salutes – one round for every year of the Queen’s life – will be fired in Hyde Park and at other stations.– Charles’s televised address – The King will make a televised address to the nation, which he is due to pre-record, in the early evening.
The first public proclamation of the new sovereign is read in the open air from the Friary Court balcony at St James’s Palace by the Garter King of Arms.Union flags go back up to full-mast at 1pm and remain there for 24 hours to coincide with the proclamations before returning to half-mast.D+2 – Sunday, September 11Proclamations will be read in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved parliaments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
The original plans are for the Queen’s coffin to process on a gun carriage to the abbey, pulled by naval ratings – sailors – using ropes rather than horses.
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