Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral Will See a Nation Mourn

Queen Elizabeth II of England has died at 96. The country's longest-serving monarch passed at Balmoral, her home in Scotland, last Thursday. According to a statement by Buckingham Palace, she passed peacefully, surrounded by her family.

The monarch's death came after reports that doctors were concerned for her health, but a cause of death has not yet been revealed. The Queen is not only survived by her son, King Charles III, but also her three other children, Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex, and her only daughter, Princess Anne, as well as their families. The Queen's death comes about a year and half after the death of her husband, Prince Phillip, who died in April 2021. Now, the public is paying its respects to Queen Elizabeth.

After a 10-day-long mourning period for the country has taken place, the Queen is set to have a State funeral. It is likely that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who the senior bishop of the Church of England, will lead the service. Specific details about the ceremony are being announced continually. It's understood that these details have been planned decades in advance. Regardless, the service will be broadcasted around the world.

During the period of mourning, the Queen's coffin will be placed on view in order to allow the public to pay their respects to her before the funeral ceremony. The Queen's funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey, which would make her the first sovereign to have a funeral there since 1760. The service will be attended by dignitaries and heads of states from around the world. After the funeral, Elizabeth is expected to be laid to rest in a private burial at St. George's Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where several of her ancestors currently reside. The Queen's coffin was flown from Scotland to London, England. There she will lie in state until her funeral on Monday, September 19, at Westminster Abbey.

This Wednesday morning, the Queen was transported from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, a procession that thousands of members of the public attended. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, gave a service at Wesminster Hall after the Queen's coffin was placed there. The public has began lining up to pay their respects to the Queen for her lying-in-state, and the queue currently extends to more than two miles long in central London. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to arrive to pay their respects. The Hall will be open 24 hours a day to the public until Monday, the day of the Queen's funeral.

We'll keep this story updated as further details emerge.

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