Queen's funeral will be held in Westminster's Cathedral, and Princess Diana's funeral will also be held here

Polar news reporter Man Da Huang Jiaqi

Buckingham Palace announced on September 10th local time that the funeral of the late British Queen Elizabeth II will be held at the Greenwich Standard Standard at 10 am on September 19th (6 pm Beijing time on the same day) at Westminster Cathedral, London.

Queen Elizabeth II

On September 8th, Britain, the longest time for Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 96 at the Barl Melles Castle, Scotland.

According to Buckingham Palace, on the morning of the 11th local time, the Queen's Lingyu will be transported from the Balmoles Castle to Edinburgh, and then fly to London on the 13th.

On September 14, the Queen's Lingyu will be placed in the Cathedral of Westminster until the day of the funeral.

After the funeral ceremony, the Queen's Lingyu passed through the Wellington arch was sent to Windsor Castle to funeral in the collapse of St. George's Church.

At present, the Queen's Ling'an is placed on the Balmorler Castle, and the oak coffin covers the Royal Banner of Scotland with a wreath on it.

"Edward Fitzalan-HOWARD) said:" In the next day, we will fulfill our duties with the heavy mood, but at the same time, we will properly brought us this with the most firm determination to this. The iconic characters in the times say goodbye. "

The Westminster Church was established in 960 AD by the Centen Society and was one of London's most famous landmarks. In the lifetime of Elizabeth II, many important moments occurred in this historic Westminster Church.

Westminster Church

In 1937, 11 -year -old Princess Elizabeth witnessed her father George VI of George VI crowns in Westminster Church; in 1947, she married Prince Philip here; in 1953, her own crown ceremony was held here. In September 1997, the funeral of Princess Wales Diana was held at Westminster Church; in 2002, the funeral of Queen's mother, Queen Elizabeth, was also held here.

Since the establishment of the Royal Church in the 11th century, the Church of Westminster buried nearly 20 British monarchs.

From Edward, the first remorse, to Henry III, Edward I, Edward III, Charles II, Henry V ... to the last burial monarch George II. Since the burial of George II in 1760, Britain has no monarchy in Westminster Church.

In addition to most of the British monarchs, many scientists, writers, and politicians who have made important contributions also sleep on Westminster Cathedral.

The first scientist who settled here on the national funeral specifications was Sir Isaac Newton. Since then, biologists Darwin and astronomer Herneer have also been buried here.

The father of British poetry Qiao Ji, realist writer Dickens, and Nobel Prize winners Giblin also buried in Westminster's church.

In 2018, Hawking's ashes also moved to the Church of Westminster, adjacent to two other great scientists Darwin and Newton.

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