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I'm sure everyone reading this already knows. The news is filled with reports about her life, the mourning period, and the now King Charles III.

No point in me posting anything further other than to say my condolences to all mourning her passing.

If you wish to post your own thoughts, please do.
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Obviously I am not from the UK, but some of these people on the line of succession are people I've never heard of.
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When and where will Elizabeth's funeral take place?

The queen's funeral will take place 10 days after her death, following the traditional observance of a national period of mourning.

Elizabeth's funeral is expected to be held at Westminster Abbey, which would make her the first sovereign to have a funeral there since 1760.

The queen's funeral is expected to be attended by dignitaries and heads of states from around the world.

Westminster Abbey normally holds 2,200 congregants, but extra seating can be arranged to accommodate more than 8,000 people, as it did at the queen's coronation.

Where will the queen be buried?

The queen is expected to be laid to rest in a private burial at St. George's Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where she spent many of her final years.

The queen will be buried next to her father King George VI, her sister Princess Margaret, and Prince Philip, the queen's beloved late-husband of 73 years.

Will there be a procession or memorial for the public to attend?

The queen's coffin is set to lie in state in Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster to allow the public to pay their last respects.

Crowds of people have continued to grow outside the gates of Buckingham Palace since the queen's death was confirmed.

When will Prince Charles' coronation take place?

Charles, the eldest child of Elizabeth and Philip, became King Charles III upon his mother's death.

The Accession Council, led by government figures, is expected to meet at St. James's Palace in London the day after the queen's death to formally proclaim Charles the new sovereign.

Charles' coronation is likely to take place several months from now.

The queen's coronation, for example, took place on June 2, 1953, 14 months after she ascended to the throne upon her father's death.

Will Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, be crowned alongside Charles?

Yes, Camilla and Charles are expected to be crowned side-by-side.

In February, the queen requested that Camilla be known as Queen Consort when Charles became king.

Queen Consort is the title given to the spouse of a king, and under U.K. law, whoever is married to a king would immediately become that and be known as queen.

When Charles and Camilla married in 2005 there was some debate as to what title Camilla, a divorcee, would take when Charles became king. At the time of their wedding, a spokesperson for the couple suggested she would take the title Princess Consort.

The queen's request, laid out in a letter marking her 70 years on the throne, was the first time the 96-year-old queen had publicly addressed her daughter-in-law's role in the future monarchy.

Will Prince William and Kate receive new titles?

Now that Charles is king, his oldest son Prince William becomes heir to the throne and becomes the Duke of Cornwall.

With the new title, William inherits the Duchy of Cornwall, the private estate that was established in 1337 to provide financial independence for the heir to the throne and his family. Kate, formerly the Duchess of Cambridge, inherits the new title of the Duchess of Cornwall.

Charles still has to appoint his son as the Prince of Wales, which is expected to happen sometime in the coming days.

William, Kate and their three children -- Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte -- moved this summer from Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage, a four-bedroom cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

With the death of the queen and the ascension of their grandfather Charles to king, George, Louis and Charlotte have each moved up in the line of succession.

Is Prince Harry still in the line of succession?

Charles's youngest son Prince Harry is still in the line of succession as he is still a member of the royal family.

He is now fifth in the line of succession, and his two children Archie and Lilibet are now sixth and seventh, respectively.

Harry and his wife Meghan are expected to keep their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The couple stepped down from their roles as senior working royals in 2020.

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Gaybutton wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 4:16 pmObviously I am not from the UK, but some of these people on the line of succession are people I've never heard of
I am from the UK and have also never heard of some of the people in the line of succession, although I don't follow it closely. They ought to downsize the monarchy.

The fuss here is obscene.
Some sporting events are cancelled.
I switched the TV on last night and watched about 40 minutes of programming on the matter on the BBC, then got bored with it.
I switched over and they had exactly the same programming on their other channels. I switched off.
By all means pay some respect and mark the moment, but also give the taxpayers a choice and keep the original schedule on other channels.
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Prince William, first son of Charles and Diana, is next in line to become king after Charles. George, Charlotte and Louis are William's children - barely at school. They could become king or queen in time. Prince Harry in the second son of Charles and Diana, could become king if William and his offspring were all killed or incapacitated. Archie and Lilibet are his children.
Prince Andrew is the third child of Elizabeth and Phillip (after Charles and Anne). Then Princess Beatrice, his eldest daughter in ninth in line followed by her daughter Sienna. Bringing up the rear is Andrew's second daughter Princess Eugenie, her offspring and bottom of the heap, Prince Edward and his kids. Fun isn't it?
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The queen's coffin will be moved to the ballroom at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, covered in the royal standard of Scotland and a wreath of flowers that is changed daily. The many staff members at Balmoral and its vast estate will be able to pay their respects.

From the moment of Elizabeth’s death in Balmoral Castle, Charles officially became the monarch of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as the head of state of Commonwealth countries such as Australia and Canada. The new king will be known as Charles III, a royal spokesperson said Thursday.

It’s a busy time for the new king, who will speak with Prime Minister Liz Truss, release a written statement and record a TV address to the nation, to be broadcast later Friday.

Such is the expected outpouring of grief that space is being allocated outside Buckingham Palace, the British monarch’s administrative headquarters, and at the queen's other residences, for flowers and other tributes from the public, before they are then gathered and taken to a designated floral tribute area in the adjacent Green Park. Thousands of people are expected to leave messages in books of condolences at Buckingham and St. James’s palaces, also in London, and at Windsor Castle, the family home of Britain’s kings and queens for 1,000 years.

Westminster Abbey’s tenor bell and Great Tom, the state bell at St. Paul’s Cathedral, will peal over London from noon for one hour. A royal gun salute will be fired at Hyde Park in London and the Tower of London at 1 p.m. (8 a.m. ET), one every 10 seconds for each year of Elizabeth’s life.

The Sebastopol bell, captured from Russian forces during the 19th century Crimean War, will also sound at Windsor Castle once a minute for every year of her life.

Flags on official buildings will fly at half-staff until 8 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) on the final day of national mourning, while flags in London’s Parliament Square and the Mall will be dressed in black crepe and tassels. A service of thanksgiving takes place at St. Paul’s Cathedral, although the new king is not expected to be there.

Saturday

The coffin will be carried from the Balmoral ballroom by a party of bearers consisting of the Balmoral estate head keep and six other keepers. The queen's official bagpipe player, the Piper to the Sovereign, will walk ahead of the coffin as it leaves by hearse.

The queen’s body will then be moved to Holyrood, her residence in Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, where a military guard of honor will meet it.

In London, members of the Privy Council, a committee of senior current and former politicians and judges who advise the monarch, will hear the new king say an oath and give a speech. For the first time, the meeting — a constitutional formality known as the Accession Council — will be televised.

Also in attendance will be the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most senior clergyman in the Church of England, which the new king now heads.

The king’s proclamation will be met with a 41-gun salute at Hyde Park fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.

In one of many flourishes of pageantry, a ceremonial tune, or fanfare, will sound, and a Garter King of Arms, a heraldic position that has been in the royal household since 1484, will proclaim Charles the new king from a balcony of St. James’s Palace.

The royal band will then play the first verse of the national anthem — which now has a new title: “God Save the King.”

At that point, flags on public buildings can be raised to full staff.

Sunday

King Charles III and the Queen Consort will go to Holyrood, where he will be met with a 21-gun salute.

Members of the royal family, including Elizabeth's children and grandchildren, will join a procession from Holyrood to Edinburgh's St. Giles’ Cathedral, with the guns of Edinburgh Castle firing every minute throughout.

A service will be held at the cathedral, where the queen's coffin will rest for 24 hours, allowing members of the public to file past and pay their respects.

Towns and cities across the U.K. will make their own proclamations to the new king, with fanfares at Cardiff Castle, Wales; Mercat Cross, a ceremonial monument on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh; and Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Monday

The queen’s coffin will leave St. Giles’ Cathedral by car before it is moved to London.

The new king and his wife, Camilla, will hear messages of condolence in Westminster Hall, between the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.

Tuesday

As the coffin arrives at London's St. Pancras Station, it will be greeted by senior royals, the prime minister and other dignitaries before it is transferred to Buckingham Palace by car.

The thousands, if not millions, of people expected to line up to pay their respects to Elizabeth when her body is taken to Westminster Hall will be invited to wait in line in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small green space next to the Houses of Parliament alongside the River Thames.

Such is the importance of moving her body to this temporary resting place that there will be a full rehearsal.

Wednesday

Elizabeth’s body will be taken from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster in a gun carriage procession, a symbolic and momentous moment. The coffin will be draped in the royal standard, on which the Imperial State Crown will be placed on a velvet cushion, followed by the new king. Princes William and Harry, alongside Elizabeth’s other children and members of the royal family, will follow on foot.

Big Ben, the colossal bell in the Elizabeth Tower in the Houses of Parliament (the name of the tower and the bell are commonly confused), will toll at one-minute intervals for the duration of the procession, along with gun salutes in Hyde Park.

The coffin will be taken to Westminster Hall, where, after a short service, Elizabeth will lie in state under armed guard for the next five days. A continuous vigil will begin by the Yeoman of the Guard and other military personnel.

There are preparations for hundreds of thousands of people to file past and pay their respects in a 24-hour operation interrupted only by a nightly 15-minute cleaning break.

The bodies of the Queen Mother; King George VI, Elizabeth’s father; and the British wartime leader Winston Churchill all lay in state in this hall, which has played a key role in English public life since the 11th century.
Thursday

On this day, world leaders begin to arrive to pay their respects at Westminster Hall. Meanwhile, the new king meets members of the royal family at Buckingham Palace.

Friday

The new king meets the prime minister at noon for his first official weekly audience, a constitutional custom in which the head of the political executive informs the head of state about parliamentary business, as dramatized in “The Crown” and many other TV and film scenes.

Saturday

Not until 10 days after her death will Elizabeth be given her official send-off at Westminster Abbey, with members of her family, British establishment figures and heads of state from around the world in attendance.

During the morning, Westminster Abbey will fill up with British and foreign dignitaries, including all surviving former British prime ministers.

The final well-wishers will be admitted to Westminster Hall to pay their respects at 6:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. ET) before the coffin makes its short journey with the Imperial State Crown, the Orb and the Scepter all on it.

At 11 a.m. (6 a.m. ET) exactly, the pallbearers will stop at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and Big Ben will strike just once to mark a national two-minute silence.

The Last Post, Reveille and the national anthem will end the hourlong funeral service before a procession that could be as long as 1.5 miles then carries the coffin past Buckingham Palace to Wellington Arch and on to Elizabeth’s final resting place at Windsor.

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There is also a 7 day mourning period from the date she is buried.
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thewayhelooks wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:11 pm Bringing up the rear is Andrew's second daughter Princess Eugenie, her offspring and bottom of the heap, Prince Edward and his kids. Fun isn't it?
If a test question was to name, in order, the first 10 people in the Crown line of succession, I wonder how many UK school students would be able to do it. My guess is not many. I knew Prince William would be next, but I had no idea about any of the others. Since children are in the line of succession, if the Crown falls to a child, who runs the show until the child comes of age? And how old is "of age"?

Of course, I am just as bad regarding the American presidential line of succession. I know the first 3. Beyond that I would have to look it up. I suspect most Americans know the Vice President takes over if anything happens to the President. I doubt all that many even know who comes next after the Vice President.
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Gaybutton wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:18 am If a test question was to name, in order, the first 10 people in the Crown line of succession, I wonder how many UK school students would be able to do it. My guess is not many.
I would hope the schools spend the time teaching them something more useful than this, so they wouldn't know.
I don't recall being taught this, although the schools did more than make up for that by wasting my time with religion.

Whilst a little bit of respect for the passing of our head of state is in order, the fuss is excessive.

Gaybutton wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:18 am Of course, I am just as bad regarding the American presidential line of succession. I know the first 3. Beyond that I would have to look it up. I suspect most Americans know the Vice President takes over if anything happens to the President.
Knowing this is slightly more worthwhile, as the President has considerably more power.
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