Queen Camillais mourning her mother-in-law.
The Queen Consort, 75, was somber as she arrived Monday morning for the state funeral ofQueen Elizabethat Westminster Abbey in London.
Several members of the royal family walked with Camilla’s husband,King Charles III, for the procession from Westminster Hall, where thousands of mourners have visited in recent days to pay their respects to the late Queen, to Westminster Abbey ahead of the state funeral.
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Camilla arrived at the event withKate Middletonand her two oldest children,Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlotte. Also in attendance are Camilla’s own children, Tom Parker-Bowles and Laura Lopes, from her previous marriage.
The Queen Consort wore a traditional black outfit to mourn, coupled with Queen Victoria’s striking Hesse Diamond Jubilee brooch.
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“I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla. In recognition of her own loyal public servicesince our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort,” said the King during his speech, which was recorded in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace. “I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much.”
Just before 11 a.m. local time, the Royal Standard-draped coffin reached the abbey, as bearers lifted it from the carriage and into the ancient church, which swelled with over2,000 people. Diplomats, dignitaries, and other political luminaries have traveled in from around the world for the somber event.
The Last Post, the traditional bugle call of the British infantry, will ring out at 11:55 a.m., before a two-minute silence is observed across the U.K.Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral service is set to conclude at noon.
From there, the coffin will process 1 ½ miles to Wellington Arch in Hyde Park in central London and leave the capital city in the State Hearse. Members of the royal family are again expected to walk behind during this time.
The coffin will be taken west to Windsor, where the next procession will begin around 3:06 p.m.
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Around 3:40 p.m., King Charles, Queen Camilla and the rest of the family will join the coffin’s third and final journey, set to reachSt. George’s Chapelat Windsor Castle at about 3:52 p.m.
More than 800 people are expected to attend the Queen’s committal service there, and the event will have a more intimate feel than the state funeral.
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The guests present at Westminster Abbey will not follow for the ceremony at Windsor. Instead, the pews will be filled with some of the people who knew the Queen best: her personal staff and those who worked on her estates. Her personal piper will also play a lament in her honor.
When the service wraps, the Queen’s family members will retire to Windsor Castle for a quiet reception. The ceremonies end around 7:30 p.m., whenQueen Elizabethis privately interred in St. George’s Chapel.
There, she will be buried besidePrince Philip, her beloved husband of 73 years, and near her sister,Princess Margaret, and her parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother.
source: people.com
