Enjoy: Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Westminister Abbey in London

Washington Examiner Personnel

September 19, 03:27 AM September 19, 03:27 AM

The late Queen Elizabeth II is staying honored by relatives, the Church of England, and main world dignitaries at her funeral Monday early morning.

The funeral, which expected to have upwards of 4 billion viewers globally, will be an elaborate assistance in Westminster Abbey. In addition to individuals watching at household, as lots of as 750,000 folks are considered to have traveled to London to pay out their respects as her majesty was lying in point out in Westminster Corridor in advance of the funeral. Many of people mourners have lined the streets to view as her casket was transported to the church.

Virtually 100 heads of state — such as President Joe Biden, Canadian Primary Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine’s Initially Girl Olena Zelenska, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as nicely as the presidents of Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Eire, Italy and Poland — are in attendance for the ceremony, which commenced at 6 a.m. EST (11 a.m. GMT community time).

The service will be led by prime Church of England leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Following the Westminster ceremony, the queen's casket will be introduced to Windsor Castle for a committal company in St. George's Chapel before she is buried upcoming to her late husband.