Queen Elizabeth was a much-loved
member of the Royal Family. Her life, spanning over a century,
was devoted to the service of her
country, the fulfilment of her Royal duties and the support of her
family.
Sunday 31st March - Tuesday 2nd
April
Queen Elizabeth's coffin will rest
in the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor Great
Park
Tuesday 2nd April
The coffin will be taken to Queen's
Chapel at St James's Palace.
Friday 5th April
Queen Elizabeth's coffin will be
carried in a ceremonial procession to Westminster
Hall, where it will Lie-in-State
from Friday afternoon until the evening of Monday 8th
April. Members of the public may
view the procession along the route from St.
James's Palace to Westminster Hall.
Friday 5th April - Monday 8th April
Members of the public may pay their
respects at Westminster Hall from 2pm to 6pm
on Friday and from 8am to 6pm from
Saturday to Monday.
The Queen Mother will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall,
the most ancient part of the Houses of Parliament
(Crown copyright)
Tuesday 9th April
The Funeral of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother will take place at
11.30am in Westminster Abbey, London.
After the funeral the coffin will
then be taken to St George's Chapel, Windsor, for a
private Committal Service where
it will be interred beside King George VI in the King
George VI Memorial Chapel.
Princess Margaret's casket will be taken from the
Royal Vault, and interred in the
same vault as King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth.
In accordance with Her Majesty's wishes, there will be no official Memorial Service.
MOURNING
There will be National Mourning up to the day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
Family
Mourning will be observed by Members of the Royal family until 19th April,
after
Princess Margaret's Memorial Service. During this period, The Queen
and
other
Members of the Royal family will be carrying out official duties, although
some
engagements
may be postponed or cancelled.
Flags
Flags
have been half-masted at Royal Residences, and will remain half-masted
until
the
day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
Queen
Elizabeth's Personal Standard will fly at half mast at Clarence House when
the
coffin arrives in London.
The
Government has advised that flags on public buildings will be flown at
half-mast.
Cancellation
of events
Neither
the Royal Family nor the Government expect sporting fixtures scheduled
between
now and the day of the funeral to be cancelled or postponed, although
this
is a decision for the organisers. It is suggested, however, that for major
fixtures,
players wear black armbands and that fixtures are preceded by a period
of
silence
in memory of Her Majesty.
Similarly,
theatres, cinemas and other places of public entertainment may wish to
mark
the Queen Mother's death in some way, for example through the playing of
the
national anthem or observing a period of silence.
Given
the timing of the funeral, it is not expected that large-scale sporting
or similar
public
events will be scheduled to take place at the time of the funeral procession
and
service. However in the event of a clash, the organisers may wish to consider
whether
the event can be cancelled or postponed, at least for the duration of the
funeral
procession and service.
Schools
are expected to remain open but the Royal Family and the Government
suggest
that on the day of the funeral head-teachers may wish to consider
whether
the school timetable might be adjusted to enable children to mark the
event
in some appropriate way, for example by viewing the funeral on television.
Flowers
The
area next to The Mall, outside Clarence House (the North Horse Ride) has
been
designated
for floral tributes.
Charitable
donations
People
wishing to make charity donations in memory of Queen Elizabeth may do so
by
making donations to Queen Elizabeth's Charitable Trust, a charity which
makes
grants
to those charitable causes with which Queen Elizabeth had a connection
or
in
which Her Majesty had an interest.
Donations may be made across the counter at all clearing banks.
Postal donations may be sent to:
Queen
Elizabeth's Charitable Trust,
PO
BOX 34842,
London
W8 7XB
Those
wishing to make a donation benefiting charitable activities in Scotland,
in
memory
of Queen Elizabeth's special connections with Scotland, may post their
donations
to:
Queen
Elizabeth's Charitable Trust,
PO
Box 17212,
Edinburgh
EH12 9TT.
The Coffin will be taken in Procession
from The Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace to
Westminster Hall on the morning
of Friday, 5th April, 2002.
Members of the public may view
this procession from points along the route.
The Processional Route is:-
Marlborough Road
The Mall
Horse Guards Road
Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Arch
Whitehall
Parliament Square (East Side)
New Palace Yard (South Side)
The Processional Route is lined
by the Armed Forces.
St. James's Palace
By 11.10 a.m. The Detachments marching
in the Procession are formed up in The Mall,
Marlborough Road and Cleveland
Row.
A Gun Carriage of The King's Troop
Royal Horse Artillery is positioned in Marlborough Road
outside the Entrance to The Queen's
Chapel.
11.15 a.m. The Bearer Party of the
Irish Guards, having assembled at Marlborough House,
enters The Queen's Chapel through
the Vestibule Door.
Members of the Royal Family taking
part in the Procession leave Buckingham Palace via the
Centre Gate for St James's Palace.
11.25 a.m. The Bearer Party carry
the Coffin from the Catafalque in The Queen's Chapel to the
Gun Carriage in Marlborough Road.
Their Royal Highnesses follow the Coffin and take their places in the Procession.
Order of procession
Mounted Police
Royal Air Force Bands
2 Officers and 82 Other Ranks
The Witwatersrand Rifles
(South African National Defence
Forces)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Transvaal Scottish
(South African National Defence
Forces)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Cape Town Highlanders
(South African National Defence
Forces)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Canadian Forces Medical Services
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Toronto Scottish Regiment
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Black Watch (Royal Highland
Regiment) of Canada
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Detachment of the Royal Air Force
6 Officers and 300 Other Ranks
Detachment of 1st Battalion Scots
Guards
6 Officers and 300 Other Ranks
Royal Marines Bands
2 Officers and 82 Other Ranks
Detachment of the Royal Marines
6 Officers and 300 Other Ranks
Detachment of the Royal Navy
6 Officers and 300 Ratings
Foot Guards Bands
2 Officers and 82 Other Ranks
Captain Nicholas Ulvert
ADC to the General
Officer Commanding London
District
Brigadier Martin Vine
Deputy Commander
London District
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh
Bodington
Brigade Major
Household Division
Major General Redmond Watt
General Officer Commanding
London District
BEARER PARTY WITH COFFIN
A Gun Carriage of The King's Troop,
Royal Horse Artillery, bearing
The Coffin
surmounted by Her Majesty's Crown
The Gun Carriage will be flanked
by ten Pall Bearers,
themselves flanked in turn by
the twelve members of the Bearer
Party provided by the
1st Battalion Irish Guards.
PALL BEARERS
Group Captain John Fynes
Commandant,
Central Flying School,
Royal Air Force
Brigadier Guy Radcliffe
Colonel Commandant,
Royal Army Medical Corps
Brigadier Garry Burnett
Colonel,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
Major General Robin Brims
Colonel,
The Light Infantry
General Sir Michael Walker
Colonel,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
Colonel Malcolm Grant Howarth
Colonel,
The King's Regiment
Brigadier Hugh Pye
Colonel,
9th/12th Royal Lancers
(Prince of Wales')
Major General David Jenkins
Colonel,
The Queen's Royal Hussars
(The Queen's Own & Royal Irish)
Colonel John Pocock
Colonel,
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Captain David Snelson RN
Commanding Officer,
HMS Ark Royal
Members of the Royal Family, members
of Queen Elizabeth's family, male members of Queen
Elizabeth's Household (including
her personal staff) and The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord
Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother.
Captain Mark Grayson
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The
Queen Mother
The Honourable Nicholas Assheton
Treasurer and Extra Equerry to
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Captain Sir Alastair Aird Private Secretary and Comprtroller to QueenElizabeth The Queen Mother
Major Raymond Seymour Assistant
Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Admiral Sir Michael Boyce
Chief of the Defence Staff
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire Chief of the Air Staff
Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh Chief of the Naval Staff
General Sir Michael Jackson Representing the Chief of the General Staff
Representative Detachments of Her Majesty's Regiments
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's
Own & Royal Irish)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of
Wales')
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The King's Regiment
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Royal Anglian Regiment
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Light Infantry
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Black Watch (Royal Highland
Regiment)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Royal Army Medical Corps
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
The Royal Yeomanry
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
68 (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
Signal Squadron
71st Yeomanry Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
A (London Scottish) Company
The London Regiment
1 Officer and 3 Other Ranks
Royal Artillery Band
1 Officer and 41 Other Ranks
Dismounted Detachment of the Household
Cavalry Mounted Regiment
3 Officers and 48 Other Ranks
Mounted Police
11.30 a.m. The Procession leaves
for Westminster Hall.
Minute Guns are fired by The King's
Troop Royal Horse Artillery under the command of Major
Simon Hall, from Green Park during
the course of the Procession.
The St. James's Palace Detachment
of The Queen's Guard in Friary Court gives a Royal Salute as the
Coffin passes.
The Queen's Life Guard turns out
mounted at Horse Guards and gives a Royal Salute.
A Guard of Honour is formed up in
Parliament Square and gives a Royal Salute as the Gun Carriage
enters New Palace Yard.
Westminster Hall
By 11.05 a.m. The Buckingham Palace
Detachment of The Queen's Guard is turned out in the
Forecourt to the South of the Centre
Gate facing North.
11.30 a.m. The Lord Great Chamberlain,
the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker take up their
positions outside the North Door
of Westminster Hall.
11.30 a.m. The Ladies of the Royal Family arrive outside the North Door.
By 11.40 a.m. Members of the House
of Lords are assembled along the West side of Westminster
Hall and Members of the House of
Commons are assembled along the East side.
11.42 a.m. The Queen leaves Buckingham
Palace by car for Westminster Hall.
11.45 a.m. The Queen arrives outside
the North Door and is received by the Lord Great
Chamberlain, the Lord Chancellor
and the Speaker and inside by the Archbishop of Canterbury and
the Dean of Westminster.
11.47 a.m. The head of the Procession enters Parliament Square from Whitehall.
The following enter New Palace Yard by the South Gate:-
General Officer Commanding London
District
The Gun Carriage conveying the
Coffin
Pall Bearers
Bearer Party
Members of the Royal Family
Gentlemen of Queen Elizabeth The
Queen Mother's Family
Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
Gentlemen Members and personal
Staff of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Household
Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of the Naval Staff
Representative of the Chief of
the General Staff
Chief of the Air Staff
11.58 a.m. The Gun Carriage halts
outside the North Door of Westminster Hall.
The Pall Bearers turn inwards and
take up their positions facing the Gun Carriage.
A Procession forms and enters Westminster Hall:-
Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks
Black Rod
The Right Honourable Michael Martin
Speaker
The Marquess of Cholmondeley
Lord Great Chamberlain
The Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Chancellor
Dean's Verger
The Very Reverend Doctor Wesley
Carr
Dean of Westminster
The Reverend Canon Dr. David Marshall
Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable
Dr. George Carey
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Lord Luce
Lord Chamberlain
BEARER PARTY
The Coffin surmounted by
Her Majesty's Crown
Members of the Royal Family, members
of Queen Elizabeth's family, members of Queen Elizabeth's
Household, and personal staff of
Queen Elizabeth's Household will also form part of the Procession.
The Bearer Party place the Coffin
on the Catafalque and take up their positions at the foot of the
steps leading up to the West Door.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh
take up their positions by the Catafalque. Members of the
Royal Family stand behind. Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Family take up their position near
the Catafalque. Members of Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Household and Her Majesty's
personal staff, take up position
behind the Family.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, from his position at the South of the Catafalque, says Prayers.
The first Vigil of the Watch, found
by 4 Officers of the Household Cavalry, enter Westminster Hall by
the West Door and take up their
positions on the steps of the Catafalque at the four corners of the
Coffin.
12.15 p.m. (approx) The Queen and
The Duke of Edinburgh leave New Palace Yard for
Buckingham Palace.
The Members of the Royal Family
and those who have been present in Westminster Hall leave New
Palace Yard.
The Bearer Party leave Westminster Hall by the West Door.
Members of the House of Lords and Members of the House of Commons leave Westminster Hall.
The Funeral of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother will take place on
Tuesday, 9th April at 11.30am,
in Westminster Abbey.
View inside Westminster Abbey
© Camera Press/Nils Jorgensen
After the funeral the coffin will
then be taken to St George's Chapel, Windsor, for
a private Committal Service where
it will be interred beside King George VI in the
King George VI Memorial Chapel.
Princess Margaret's casket will be taken from
the Royal Vault, and interred in
the same vault as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
In accordance with Her Majesty's wishes, there will be no official Memorial Service.
After the funeral of The Queen Mother
at Westminster Abbey, the coffin will be taken to St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, for a
private Committal Service, where it will be interred
beside King George VI in the King
George VI Memorial Chapel.
Princess Margaret's casket will
be taken from the Royal Vault and interred in the same vault as King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Completed in 1969, the George VI
Memorial Chapel was the first structural addition to
St George's Chapel since 1504.
It is located between two of the great buttresses that
hold the north walls of the Quire.
The Memorial Chapel is George VI's
resting place and he is buried in a vault beneath a
black ledger stone,comparable to
the black marble covering the tombs of
Edward IV, Henry VI, Henry VIII
and Charles I.
The Memorial Chapel was designed
by the architects George Pace, in
association with Paul Paget and
Peter Field Phillips of Seely and
Paget, to continue the perpendicular
gothic designs of the Chapel
itself. The windows contain stained
glass windows designed by John
Piper and made by Patrick Reyntiens.
The sanctuary of the Memorial
Chapel has a small altar with a
Perspex Celtic Cross (commissioned
by Princess Margaret and made in
1976 by Tearlach Greig) and
candlesticks for the celebration
of Holy Communion. Set in a wall is a
bronze bas relief replica of that
of George VI at Sandringham Church
by Sir William Reid Dick.
The wrought iron gates dividing
the Chapel from the aisle (designed
by George Pace and made by W. Dawson
Limited, Kirkbymoorside)
resemble the design of Tresilian's
gates to Edward IV's tomb. On the
screen of the gates are two panels
- to the left is the record of
George VI's reign and to the right
are inscribed the words he used in
his first Christmas Day message
of the war in 1939: 'I said to the
man who stood at the Gate of the
Year, "Give me a light that I may
tread safely into the unknown".
And he replied "Go out into the
darkness, and put your hand in
to the Hand of God. That shall be to
you better than a light, and safer
than a known way".'