Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will be cremated with state honors on Monday. The funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey, which is expected to be attended by around 2,000 guests, including heads of state.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will be cremated today
queen of britain Elizabeth II He will be cremated with state honors on Monday. The funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey, which is expected to be attended by around 2,000 guests, including heads of state. At this time the body of the late Queen is kept in Westminster Hall. Westminster Hall will be closed at 6.30 am before the Queen’s state funeral. Heads of many countries, including India, have reached London to pay tribute to the Queen. The Queen’s funeral will take place on September 19 at 11 am local time. There will be a two-minute national silence across the UK during the Queen’s funeral. Let us tell you that Queen Elizabeth-II died on 8 September at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. He breathed his last at the age of 96.
There is a possibility of gathering of 10 lakh people in the funeral
One million people are expected to attend the funeral program of Queen Elizabeth II. During this, 250 additional trains will run across the country. Andy Byford, head of ‘Transport for London’, gave this information on Sunday. He said that since the death of the Queen on 8 September, there has been a huge increase in the number of additional passengers in London. He said the demand for transport is likely to reach higher levels on Monday.
President Draupadi Murmu also arrived
President Draupadi Murmu arrived in London on Saturday evening to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Murmu paid tribute to the late Queen on Sunday at Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth II’s body is kept. On Monday, the last farewell of the Queen will take place. At the same time, US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden also paid tribute to him. Biden arrived with his wife at Westminster Hall in London on Sunday and paid tribute to the late Queen at a designated spot near her coffin.
Funeral broadcast in cinemas too
Huge screens will be set up in various UK parks to broadcast the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday morning. Along with this, many theaters are also preparing for the telecast of the program. The British government gave this information on Sunday. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said Monday has been declared a public holiday in the UK and several public places have been marked in London as crowds gather for funerals.
“Massive screens will be installed across the country, including Hyde Park in London, Cathedral Square in Sheffield, Centenary Square in Birmingham, Bites Park in Carlisle, Holyrood Park in Edinburgh and Coleraine Town Hall in Northern Ireland,” the DCMS said. It said that cinemas across the UK are also making their preparations to show the funeral program.
250 extra trains will run
At the same time, the head of rail network Peter Hendy said that about 250 additional trains will be operated across the country. “Since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, on Monday, the largest number of people will resort to transportation,” he said.
More than 100 flights canceled
More than 100 flights to and from Heathrow Airport have been canceled to avoid noise during Monday morning’s funeral at Westminster Abbey. On behalf of the airport, it has been said that due to the funeral program of the Queen, about 15 percent of her 1200 flights will be affected on Monday.
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