Queen Elizabeth II Funeral!

The final image of Queen Elizabeth II was released.

The final journal for the British queen. Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is being held.

In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Ahead of the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of Elizabeth’s life. Then, 142 Royal Navy sailors used ropes to draw the gun carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin to Westminster Abbey before pallbearers bore it inside the church, where around 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers gathered to mourn her.

The trappings of state and monarchy abounded: The coffin was draped with the Royal Standard and atop it sat the Imperial State Crown, sparkling with almost 3,000 diamonds, and the sovereign’s orb and scepter.

The Queen's death set in motion Operation London Bridge, a collection of plans including arrangements for her funeral, and Operation Unicorn, which set protocols for the Queen's death occurring in Scotland. The United Kingdom observed a national mourning period of 10 days. A state funeral service was held at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022, and will be followed by a committal service later that day at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Queen will be interred in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's. The occasion of her state funeral is a national bank holiday in the UK.

The funeral began at Westminster Abbey at 11:00. The Queen will be buried later in the evening at the King George VI Memorial Chapel.

Around 10,000 police officers are expected to be on duty every day in London during the mourning period, in what has been described as the "biggest security operation it has ever undertaken" by the Metropolitan Police. MI5 and GCHQ have worked in collaboration with counter terrorism police and the Metropolitan Police to provide security for the funeral. Gurkhas and Paratroopers, Royal Navy Police and Royal Military Police, and RAF personnel formed a group of 1,500 military personnel, and Westminster has been inspected by a military Wildcat helicopter. Officers from accross the country will support the operation under mutual aid agreements. Mounted police officers will provide part of the security in Windsor with the help of drones that record activities on the ground. Thames Valley Police announced that they would introduce new water patrols for observing busy waterways in the lead-up to the funeral. Officers and their dogs will also be patrolling different areas in Windsor, looking for suspicious items in phone boxes, drains, and bins.