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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Beth Lindop

Palace confirm Queen Elizabeth II's funeral date

Buckingham Palace has confirmed the official date of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

The Queen died "peacefully" at Balmoral on Thursday (September 8), after the palace released an earlier statement outlining concerns for her health. The nation’s new monarch, King Charles III, was formally declared head of state during a historic ceremony, televised for the first time, earlier today.

During proceedings, the King confirmed the day of the Queen's state funeral is to be a bank holiday. And now it has been announced the Queen's funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19.

READ MORE: Bank Holiday announced to mark the Queen's state funeral

The ceremony will start at 11am and will follow a four-day period where the Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall. The Queen's oak coffin - which is currently lying in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle - will be taken by road to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday, September 11.

The six-hour journey by hearse will allow mourners to gather in the towns and villages to pay their respects. On Monday, the coffin will be taken from Holyroodhouse in procession to St Giles's Cathedral where it will lie at rest until Tuesday, September 13, before being taken by air by RAF plane to London.

The Queen will lie in state for four days in Westminster Hall, arriving there on Wednesday, September 14. Details of how the public can attend are expected to be released in the coming days.

A spokesman for the King said: "Whilst, in the next few days, the King will carry out all the necessary state duties, his main focus will be leading the Royal Family, the nation, the Realms and the Commonwealth in mourning Her Majesty The Queen. This will include meeting members of the public, to share in their grief."

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