Britons have been given a Bank Holiday on Monday, September 19, to mark Queen Elizabeth II's passing. The Queen died "peacefully" on Thursday afternoon (September 8) at the age of 96 at her Balmoral Castle residency in Aberdeenshire, bringing an end to her 70-year reign.
The date of her funeral has since been declared a national bank holiday. The Government says this will allow people, businesses, and other organisations to pay their respects to Her Majesty while marking the final day of the period of national mourning.
This bank holiday will take place across the whole of the United Kingdom and will work in the same way as other bank holidays. Workers have no statutory entitlement to time off for it, as employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement.
