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A man puts up a photo in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II
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Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral will take place on September 19th.
A service is planned at 12 p.m. (CEST) in Westminster Abbey in London, as the palace announced.
The body of Queen Elizabeth II is to be laid out in the Palace of Westminster for four days after its transfer to London next week.
The coffin containing the monarch who died on Thursday should be in the palace's Westminster Hall from next Wednesday, September 14, the palace confirmed.
There, the British public should also have the opportunity to pay the Queen a last visit and mourn.
Additional bank holiday for UK citizens
People in the UK get an extra day off.
The new King Charles III.
had previously approved this holiday at the time of his proclamation.
September 18 had previously been discussed as the date for the funeral.
The Queen died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, aged 96.
As a result, heir apparent Charles automatically became the new king.
Final resting place in Windsor
The Queen will be buried in St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where her husband Prince Philip, who died on April 9, 2021, is also buried.
Her closest relatives, her father George VI, her »Queen Mum« mother and her sister Princess Margaret were also buried there.
Numerous heads of state and government from all over the world are expected at the state funeral, including several queens and kings of European countries.
Because of the corona rules, only the closest family members were allowed to attend Philip's funeral.
The Queen sat lonely in the chapel - the image was remembered as a symbol of the suffering in the pandemic among the British.
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