The duty of organising the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II falls to a duke, who has obviously never had to arrange something of this scale and importance before. The Earl Marshal is not only responsible for arranging the State Opening of Parliament, but also has a duty to organise the state funerals of sovereigns. Not only that, but he organises the accession and coronations of new monarchs - a task he will be doing for the first time.
The role of the Earl Marshal is hereditary, and it falls to the Duke of Norfolk, the highest ranking duke in England. The current Earl Marshal is the 18th Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, who inherited the position upon the death of his father in 2002.
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