Buckingham Palace gives details of Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral Monday

Britain’s King Charles III and Prince William follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. (Aaron Chown / AP)

LONDON — Two minutes of silence will be observed Monday across the United Kingdom at the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey, giving the British public across the nation a chance to pay their respects to the late monarch.

The queen died Sept. 8 at 96 at her beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat after a 70-year reign.