Royalty From Around The World Has Flocked to London For "The Queen Elizabeth II"

Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. The state queen's funeral, Elizabeth II, will bring more international leaders and dignitaries to London than the capital has seen in decades.

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The United States' Joe and Jill Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron, and India's Droupadi Murmu are all scheduled to attend.

Several international leaders will be in attendance, including New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, Australia's Anthony Albanese, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, Italy's Sergio Mattarella, and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The service, which will commemorate the conclusion of the 10-day period of national mourning at Westminster Abbey in the city's centre, is expected to draw over 2,000 people.

The attendance of heads of state, foreign government leaders, foreign royal families, and governors-general will present a number of logistical and security concerns. Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. According to a senior cabinet minister, Whitehall has been organising the Queen's Funeral for decades, yet it is the most difficult logistical occasion imaginable.

Members of parliament and peers, bishops, and representatives from organisations funded by the late King will be present.

Around 200 recipients of this year's Queen's Funeral Birthday Honours, including community volunteers and individuals who made substantial efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as other emergency services personnel, will be in attendance.

Despite the fact that no official bilateral contacts are permitted during the national mourning period, Truss has a number of engagements scheduled.

Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. Truss and Biden were supposed to meet on Sunday, but their first official encounter will be later this week in New York City, at the United Nations General Assembly.

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, one of the five excluded MPs, called China's invitation "astonishing" given the country's "long record of human rights breaches."

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, is expected to attend, as is Turkey's foreign minister, who will represent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be unable to attend because to the Russian invasion, but First Lady Olena Zelenska will. Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. Dr. David Hoyle, dean of Westminster, will preside over the state funeral service, which will begin at 11 a.m. and last around an hour.

Around 200 recipients of this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, including community volunteers and individuals who made important contributions during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as other emergency services personnel, will be in attendance.

May planned a meeting with Albanese, Ardern, and herself at Chequers, her country estate in Buckinghamshire, on Saturday. She was scheduled to meet with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Downing Street on Sunday.

The Japanese Emperor and Empress Masako, as well as the Spanish King and Queen, the Belgian King and Queen, the Norwegian King and Queen, and Norway's King and Queen, Harald V and Queen Sonja, will be present.

In preparation of the occasion, foreign dignitaries will congregate at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, then ride in convoy to the abbey.

Due to the situation in Ukraine and the UK's difficult diplomatic relations, only a few international leaders were invited, including those from Russia, Belarus, and Myanmar.

Only the North Korean and Nicaraguan embassies were invited, and no officials from Syria, Venezuela, or Afghanistan were invited.

Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. Dr. David Hoyle, dean of Westminster, will preside over the state funeral service, which will begin at 11 a.m. and last around an hour. (The Queen's Funeral)

In response to the United Kingdom's decision to blacklist many Chinese officials last year, Beijing put restrictions on nine individuals, including five Conservative MPs, and four UK-based organisations.

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, one of the five excluded MPs, called China's invitation "astonishing" given the country's "long record of human rights breaches."

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, is expected to attend, as is Turkey's foreign minister, who will represent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be unable to attend because to the Russian invasion, but First Lady Olena Zelenska will.

Each month, subscribers to the gift article service can send up to ten or twenty articles to friends and family. Dr. David Hoyle, dean of Westminster, will preside over the state funeral service, which will begin at 11 a.m. and last around an hour. (The Queen's Funeral)

The concert will begin with five Sentences, musical interpretations of Bible passages performed by Westminster Abbey and St. James's Palace's Chapel Royal.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will deliver the sermon, and Lords Truss and Sally will also speak. Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General, will read from 1 Corinthians and 1 John. Following that, we'll sing "The Lord is My Shepherd" and a freshly created psalm called "Like as the hart," both of which were written especially for this occasion.

There will also be performances of songs such as "Love divine, all loves exceeding" and "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ending."

The Queen Funeral will be conveyed from Hyde Park Corner and Wellington Arch to Windsor Castle for a 4 p.m. committal service. The dean of Windsor, David Conner, will lead that endeavour. Prayers will also be said by the rector of Sandringham, the minister of Crathie Kirk in Balmoral, and the chaplain of the Royal Chapel in Windsor.

The late monarch will be laid to rest in the same cemetery as her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during a special royal Funeral service at the King George VI Memorial Chapel in Windsor Castle later Monday evening.