Will the queen lie in state?
The queen will lie in the throne room at Buckingham Palace in the first days, and later in Westminster Hall. Her coffin will then be piled with glittering crown jewels.
When the funeral will take place, ten pallbearers will be entrusted with the massive weight of the queen’s coffin, lead-lined in the royal tradition (Princess Diana’s coffin weighed almost half a ton) for Her Majesty’s funeral service in Westminster Abbey.
While she lies in state, the authorities predict that over a million people will line up to pass her coffin and mourn, even if there could be some Covid-related restrictions.
However, as the queen died at Balmoral in Scotland, she will lie in state at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, before an intimate funeral service in St. Giles Cathedral. Then, her coffin will be put on the Royal Train to be taken back to London for burial.
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