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What time does Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral start?-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
The momentous event is expected to become the most watched global broadcast in history.
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The Queen’s state funeral is taking place today following her death at Balmoral on September 9 aged 96, after a reign of more than 70 years.
The Queen’s coffin has been lying in state in Westminster Hall since 3pm on Wednesday, arriving after the Royal Family accompanied her on foot in an emotional final farewell to Buckingham Palace.
The late monarch has been lying in state for four days, as the nation says goodbye at her funeral today.
The day has been declared a national bank holiday in the UK so people can watch the service and pay their respects to Her Majesty, with a two-minute silence to be held at 11.55am.
The funeral is expected to become the most watched global broadcast in history with an approximate 4.1billion people tuning in for the monumental event.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, 8 September, aged 96 (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
What time does the Queen’s funeral start?
The funeral begins today at 11am at Westminster Abbey, but events have begun earlier today.
The final mourner to pay their respects filed past Her Majesty’s coffin at 6.30am today.
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At 8am, the doors to Westminster Abbey opened for guests and the congregation to take their seats, with heads of state and overseas government representatives, including foreign royal families, governors-general, and realm prime ministers gathering at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea before travelling to Westminster.
Just after 10.35am, a bearer party from The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, will lift the coffin from a wooden frame and carry it to the Royal Navy’s State Gun Carriage by the North Door of Westminster Hall.
The Queen’s coffin has been lying in Westminster Hall (Picture: Tim Rooke/Shutterstock)
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The carriage will depart at 10.44am, drawn by 142 Royal Naval personnel. It will be followed by the King, other members of the royal family, the King’s Household and the Household of the Prince of Wales.
The King and members of the royal family will walk behind the carriage.
The procession will arrive at the West Gate of Westminster Abbey at 10.52am and the coffin will be lifted off the carriage by the bearer party and carried inside before the funeral begins.
How to watch the Queen’s state funeral and which channel is it on?
The Queen’s state funeral will be able to watch live across the BBC and ITV.
The BBC’s coverage will play across television, radio, iPlayer, and BBC Sounds, with Huw Edwards at the helm, alongside colleagues Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby, and Sophie Raworth.
The corporation’s output will commence at 8am and will air until 5pm on BBC One, BBC Two, and iPlayer with BSL signed coverage on BBC Two.
ITV will run live, uninterrupted coverage of the Queen’s state funeral from 9.30am.
Its coverage will be preceded by a special preview on Good Morning Britain and followed by a documentary chronicling the lead-up to the event, expected to be the largest outside broadcast in the corporation’s history.
All the day’s programming, from 6am to midnight, will be broadcast simultaneously on the main channel and five digital channels and the ITV Hub – the first time the broadcaster has done so.
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