Britain will bury its beloved queen today (Monday) in an impressive ceremony that is unprecedented in its scope, but it seems that from the point of view of the masses of people in the streets, the farewell is not only to the woman and the symbol she has become in her life - but to a safe and familiar period that has passed, and is now being replaced by a vague and uncertain future.
Live the Queen's funeral in London // Photo: Reuters
The picture of Queen Elizabeth, photo: E.
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Today will be (according to Israel time):
At
08:30
the public passage past the Queen's coffin will end and the doors of Westminster Hall will be closed.
At
12:55
the coffin will be transferred to a special gun carriage of the Royal Navy and from there to the nearby church.
And at exactly
13:00
the official funeral ceremony will begin.
At
1:55
p.m. a two-minute silence will be held, traffic throughout the kingdom will come to a standstill and at
2:15
p.m. the carriage will carry the coffin through the streets of London and pass Buckingham Palace.
Later, the coffin will be transferred to a transparent car and will leave London towards Windsor and will be accompanied by a procession along the Long Walk, the road leading to Windsor Castle.
At
17:40
King Charles and senior members of the royal family join the procession accompanying the coffin.
At
18:00
the funeral ceremony will begin and will be broadcast live.
At the end of the ceremony, the coffin is lowered into the vault.
In the evening, at
21:30
a private funeral service will be held in the chapel at Windsor Castle, at the end of which she will be buried next to her husband Philip.
Standing in line to see the Queen's coffin, with "Big Ben" in the background, photo: AFP
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