Queen Elizabeth († 96)
King Charles, Harry and Meghan await the arrival of the coffin
News about the death of Queen Elizabeth in the GALA ticker: An intimate moment shows King Charles, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan in Buckingham Palace.
The end of an era: Queen Elizabeth “died peacefully on Balmoral” on the afternoon of September 8, 2022. She was 96 years old. This was announced by Buckingham Palace at 7:30 p.m. German time in an official statement. We summarize the latest developments relating to the death of the queen in our news ticker for you.
Queen Elizabeth is dead: All information in the news ticker
September 14, 2022
Intimate photo from the palace shows King Charles, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan
On the evening of September 13, the Queen’s coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace, where it is received by King Charles, 73, Queen Camilla, 74, the Queen’s children and grandchildren and their partners. There are no official pictures from the palace, only a photographer’s picture shows some of the royals in an intimate moment in the palace window. Prince Harry, 37, and Duchess Meghan, 41, can be seen walking down the stairs in mourning clothes and with their heads bowed behind King Charles.
Procession to Parliament
After a final night in the Bow Room of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth’s journey continues to Parliament on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 3:22 p.m. German time. Tens of thousands of mourners can then watch in central London as the Queen’s coffin is carried in a carriage from the Palace to Westminster Hall, where it is due to arrive at 4pm. He will be laid out there for four days until the funeral on Monday, September 19. The 38-minute procession, which will include King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry as well as Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, will lead to the palace via the Mall, Whitehall and Parliament Square from Westminster.
There the closed coffin of the queen is placed on a catafalque, a raised platform topped with the royal standard and on which lie the orb and sceptre. The Archbishop of Canterbury will then lead a 20-minute service with the Dean of Westminster. The time of the official laying out begins at 6 p.m. German time. Until 7:30 a.m. on Monday, September 19, people can come 24 hours a day and pay their last respects to the Queen.
More news about the death of the Queen
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Sources used: twitter.com, bbc.com, dailymail.com, mirror.co.uk