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Queen Elizabeth II Funeral LIVE Updates: President Droupadi Murmu meets King Charles III at Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral LIVE: Ahead of Queen Elizabeth's state funeral, President Droupadi Murmu met King Charles III at a reception held at Buckingham Palace on Sunday.President Murmu also signed the condolence book for Queen Elizabeth II, at the Lancaster House near Buckingham Palace in London. "President Droupadi Murmu signed the Condolence Book in the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Lancaster House, London," Rashtrapati Bhawan tweeted.Besides, the president also offered tributes to Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall in London where the queen's coffin is lying-in-State.
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Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that will draw presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. Read more at
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: Visuals of mourners
A day packed with funeral events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in front of her coffin since Sept 14.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: Mourners arrive at Westminster Abbey
Mourners are arriving at Westminster Abbey to take their seats for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral service.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: Visuals from the Funeral
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Details: Queen will be buried with 2 pieces of jewellery she loved the most
Lisa Levinson, head of communications at the Natural Diamond Council, told Metro.co.uk, "Her Majesty is an incredibly humble woman at heart who is unlikely to be dressed in anything but her simple Welsh gold wedding band to rest and a pair of pearl earrings."
She also added that the late Queen’s engagement ring, a diamond ring which originally belonged to Prince Philip’s mother Princess Alice of Battenberg is likely to be inherited by Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne. “The young Prince Philip was closely involved in the design of Elizabeth’s engagement ring, which is set in platinum and has eleven natural diamonds – a three-carat round solitaire diamond, and five smaller stones set on each side.”
She also added that the late Queen’s engagement ring, a diamond ring which originally belonged to Prince Philip’s mother Princess Alice of Battenberg is likely to be inherited by Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne. “The young Prince Philip was closely involved in the design of Elizabeth’s engagement ring, which is set in platinum and has eleven natural diamonds – a three-carat round solitaire diamond, and five smaller stones set on each side.”
Queen Elizabeth II News: World leaders & millions of people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to the Queen
Presidents, kings, princes, prime ministers and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: British newspapers paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth ahead of her funeral today
Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state ends ahead of funeral
The lying-in-state ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall formally ended and the doors closed to the public ahead of her state funeral on Monday.Over five days, tens of thousands of people had waited hours in line before filing past her coffin to pay their final respects. The funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in front of some 2,000 guests.
Visuals of President Droupadi Murmu at the State Funeral
President Droupadi Murmu in London to attend the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: Queen's lying-in-state ends ahead of funeral, AFP reports
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral News: Order of service for Queen Elizabeth's state funeral
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).
- The funeral will be led by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle, and the sermon will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
- Before the service, the Abbey's Tenor Bell will toll once a minute for 96 minutes - one toll for each year of the queen's life.
- 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.
- The Dean of Westminster will give the bidding before the first hymn, and the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Scotland, will read the first lesson from the book of First Corinthians.
- A specially commissioned choral piece composed by the Master of the King's Music, Judith Weir, will be sung by the choir. The piece, "Like as the Hart", is a setting of Psalm 42 to music.
- The second lesson, from the Gospel of John, will be read by British Prime Minister Liz Truss, and will be followed by the hymn "The Lord's my Shepherd". The hymn was also sung at the queen's wedding in 1947.
- Following the sermon, the choir will sing the anthem "My Soul, There is a Country".
- Prayers will be said from the High Altar before the choir sings a short anthem, "O Taste and See How Gracious the Lord is", which was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the queen's coronation in 1953.
- The Archbishop of Canterbury will give the commendation and the Dean of Westminster will pronounce the blessing.
- Near the end of the funeral, around 11:55 a.m., the Last Post will be sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel. Two minutes' silence will then be observed across the United Kingdom.
- The Reveille will be sounded by the State Trumpeters before the congregation sings "God Save the King".
- At the end of the funeral the Sovereign's Piper of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will play the traditional lament "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep".- Afterwards, the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung, fully muffled, which is the tradition following the funeral of the sovereign.
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: King Charles reflects on ‘lifelong service of dear mother'
Britain's King Charles III reflected upon his late mother's “lifelong service” in a thank you message ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday morning.
Queen Elizabeth II funeral details
Queen Elizabeth's coffin draped in the Royal Standard is currently lying in state in London's Westminster Hall for members of the public to pay their respects to the Queen. The Lying-in-State will end right before the funeral and the coffin will be taken in procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will take place. Following the state funeral, the coffin will travel in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, after which the coffin will travel to Windsor and once there, the State Hearse will travel in procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle via the Long Walk.
President Droupadi Murmu at Westminster Hall
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— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) 1663501430000Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Details: Droupadi Murmu signs the Condolence Book in the memory of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II at Lancaster House, London
