11:00
The funeral service
The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8am to allow guests to take their seats. Symbolic artefacts, including the sovereign’s orb, which is presented to British monarchs during their coronation, will be on display
Henry VII’s
chapel
High Altar
Coffin
Quire
Nave
West Gate
Who’s leading the ceremony
The service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle, with the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, giving the sermon. It will include prayers and a reading from Liz Truss, the prime minister. Towards the end of the ceremony, at 11.55am, the Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minute silence observed in the abbey and across the UK
11:00
Henry VII’s
chapel
Who’s leading the
ceremony
The funeral service
The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8am to allow guests to take their seats. Symbolic artefacts, including the sovereign’s orb, which is presented to British monarchs during their coronation, will be on display
High Altar
The service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle, with the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, giving the sermon. It will include prayers and a reading from Liz Truss, the prime minister. Towards the end of the ceremony, at 11.55am, the Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minute silence observed in the abbey and across the UK
Coffin
Quire
Nave
West Gate
11:00
The funeral service
The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8am to allow guests to take their seats. Symbolic artefacts, including the sovereign’s orb, which is presented to British monarchs during their coronation, will be on display
Henry VII’s
chapel
Coffin
High Altar
Quire
West Gate
Nave
Who’s leading the ceremony
The service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle, with the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, giving the sermon. It will include prayers and a reading from Liz Truss, the prime minister. Towards the end of the ceremony, at 11.55am, the Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minute silence observed in the abbey and across the UK