The closure of shops, restaurants, offices and more is set to bring the UK to a virtual standstill on Monday as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral is held at Westminster Abbey in London.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been greeted in the UK with grief and pageantry on a grand scale. From the moment the country’s longest-reigning monarch died, her journey from Aberdeenshire to London has been marked with royal spectacle, public grief and almost blanket coverage in the UK media.
