The funeral: how the day will unfold

Britain will bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth tomorrow in a historic state funeral filled with pomp and personal touches

10:44

The Queen’s coffin will leave Westminster Hall and make the short journey to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral is to take place

Westminster Hall

Palace of

Westminster

Westminster

Abbey

Broad Sanctuary

West gate

10:52

Coffin arrives at the west gate of Westminster Abbey

11:00

The funeral service will begin. The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8am to allow guests to take their seats

Henry VII’s

chapel

High

altar

Coffin

Quire

Nave

West

gate

12:15

The Queen’s coffin will be transported 1.5 miles from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch

The Mall

St James's

Palace

Whitehall

Wellington

Arch

Westminster

Hall

Westminster

Abbey

Buckingham

Palace

13:00

The coffin will be transferred to a hearse before making the journey to Windsor Castle. The funeral cortege will avoid motorways and instead travel along A roads

M25

Westminster

Abbey

Windsor

Castle

Wellington

Arch

Heathrow

5 km

Shaw

Farm Gate

A30

5 miles

15:06

The hearse will arrive at the castle just after 3pm, and will travel in procession to St George’s chapel, via the Long Walk

West steps

Engine court

Quadrangle

St George’s

chapel

Cambridge Drive

King George

IV gate

16:00

A committal service will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor and attended by about 800 people

Ledger to the royal vault

Nave

Quire

19:30

The Queen will be laid to rest in a private ceremony attended by her family in the King George VI Memorial chapel. She will be buried with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh

10:44

13:00

The Queen’s coffin will leave Westminster Hall and make the short journey to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral is to take place

The coffin will be transferred to a hearse before making the journey to Windsor Castle. The funeral cortege will avoid motorways and instead travel along A roads

M25

Westminster Hall

Westminster

Abbey

Windsor

Castle

Palace of

Westminster

Wellington

Arch

Heathrow

Westminster

Abbey

5 km

Shaw

Farm Gate

A30

5 miles

15:06

The hearse will arrive at the castle just after 3pm, and will travel in procession to St George’s chapel, via the Long Walk

Broad Sanctuary

West gate

10:52

Coffin arrives at the west gate of Westminster Abbey

West steps

Engine court

Quadrangle

11:00

St George’s

chapel

The funeral service will begin. The doors to Westminster Abbey will have opened at 8am to allow guests to take their seats

Henry VII’s

chapel

High

altar

Coffin

Quire

Nave

West

gate

Cambridge Drive

King George

IV gate

12:15

16:00

The Queen’s coffin will be transported 1.5 miles from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch

A committal service will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor and attended by about 800 people

The Mall

St James's

Palace

Ledger to the royal vault

Whitehall

Wellington

Arch

Nave

Quire

Westminster

Hall

19:30

The Queen will be laid to rest in a private ceremony attended by her family in the King George VI Memorial chapel. She will be buried with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh

Westminster

Abbey

Buckingham

Palace