Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will be held on September 19 (Monday) at Westminster Abbey. It will begin at about 3.30 pm (IST) and is expected to last an hour.

President Droupadi Murmu will attend the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II & offer condolences on behalf of the Government of India.

Earlier on Wednesday, the coffin was taken by a horse-drawn gun carriage to the Houses of Parliament also known as the Palace of Westminster, where it lay in state for four days at Westminster Hall.

Prior to this, the coffin was brought to London’s Buckingham Palace from London from Balmoral, Scotland, where she passed away at the age of 96. Following her death, processions and rituals were conducted in Balmoral, before the body was brought to London.

After the state funeral on Monday, the Queen’s funeral procession will leave for Wellington Arch, where the casket will be placed in a hearse that will head to Windsor Castle.

At St George Chapel, located inside Windsor Castle, a televised committal ceremony will take place.
Later in the evening, there will be a private family service during which the Queen will be buried with her late husband, in a small chapel — King George VI Memorial Chapel — inside the St George’s Chapel.

After the Queen’s husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away on April 9, 2021, his mortal remains were kept in the Royal Vault in St George’s Chapel. Following the Queen’s state funeral, he will be moved to lie beside Queen Elizabeth II and her parents in the memorial chapel.
After laying in rest at Westminster Hall for four days, the Queen’s coffin will be taken to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral.

Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and the final resting place of 17 monarchs. Since 1066, nearly every British monarch, except for Edward V and Edward VIII, has been crowned here. Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation was the first to be televised for the world to see.

The Abbey has also been the site of about 16 royal weddings, including that of the Queen and the late Prince Philip in 1947, as well as Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, in 2011.