King Charles III and his family surrounded the coffin of Elizabeth II at her state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday in a touching and solemn farewell to the Queen, who has ruled Britain for 70 years.
The queen, who died at the age of 96, was carried in an oak coffin to a Venetian carriage driven by her parents, followed by her son, King Charles III, and other relatives, while about two million people were in the central part of the city. London along the route of the procession.
The State Shooting Cart carrying the Queen’s casket began the funeral procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey at approximately 10:45 a.m. and arrived before 11:00 a.m.
One tick from Big Ben marked the start of the funeral at Westminster Abbey, where kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066. Queen Elizabeth is buried at Windsor along with her husband Prince Philip and her parents, George VI and the Queen Mother.
Despite the huge crowds, there was absolute silence in the audience as some 200 instrumentalists and drummers from the Scottish and Irish Regiments, Gurkha Brigades and RAF played as the procession passed through Parliament Square.
The State Rifle Chariot was previously used at the funerals of King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI, Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten.
Source: Daily Mail