Thousands of mourners lined the streets as Her Majesty was transported to Windsor to be buried alongside Prince Philip. The King saluted his mother’s casket after leading his mourning family at Westminster Abbey.

Published: Monday, September 19


Andrew, Edward, Anne, and William and Harry looked sad as the procession began. At Wellington Arch, the bearer party transferred the Queen’s coffin from the State Gun Carriage to the glass-backed State Hearse.

The Scots and Grenadier Guards played Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee My Country. The National Anthem played as the hearse departed the monument for Windsor, led by the King.

Charles, the Queen Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and other royals drove to Windsor on the M4. Thousands of mourners lined the A4, A30, and A308 during the 25-mile procession.

Tens of thousands of people will bid farewell to the Queen during Long Walk in Windsor Great Park. The hearse will lead the procession up Long Walk, through Cambridge Gate, and into the Quadrangle.


 Queen's casket


A televised committal service will be held at 4pm in St George’s Chapel. 98 sailors dragged Westminster Abbey’s ceremonial gun carriage as 40 marched behind.

Guardsmen and military troops followed, going 75 paces per minute to Wellington Arch. Princess of Wales, Duchess of Sussex, and Countess of Wessex followed by automobile.

Whitehall’s 30-deep crowd hush as procession passes Cabinet War Rooms, Cenotaph, and Downing Street. As the Queen’s casket passed Buckingham Palace, well-wishers applauded and shouted “hip, hip hooray.”

Royals ringed the Queen Victoria Memorial without expression. People on the street craned their necks and held cameras as they waited to say goodbye to the queen.

The parade of seven groups, each with a military band, travelled from Parliament Square to Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner. 1,000 armed troops from the UK and Commonwealth lined the mile-long path, while British Legion standard bearers flanked the Cenotaph and King’s Guard saluted the casket near the Palace. During the parade, minute guns were fired in Hyde Park and Big Ben rang.


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