Broadcasters announce their coverage of the Queen's funeral
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Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young and David Dimbleby are among the broadcasters leading BBC coverage of the Queen’s funeral, the corporation has announced.
The special programming will air from 8am until 5pm on Monday, September 19 on BBC One and iPlayer, with BSL signed coverage on BBC Two.
Edwards and Fergal Keane will be covering events from London and Young and Dimbleby from Windsor, with other reporters stationed at other key areas throughout the day.
Broadcasters Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham will host ITV’s coverage of the Queen’s funeral.
Their special programming will start at 9.30am and will cover the funeral service at Westminster Abbey and the mile-long military procession escorting the late monarch through London.
They will also track the Queen’s final journey to Windsor and the committal service at St George’s Chapel.
Evening News presenter Mary Nightingale will lead the reporting from Westminster Abbey, while Royal Editor Chris Ship will be in London and Windsor.
While full details are still to be confirmed the Queen's funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday and is expected to be attended by around 2000 invited participants.
The ceremonial part of the day will begin just before 10.45am as the Queen's coffin is carried from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy and will be drawn by 142 sailors.
Senior members of the Royal Family, including the new King and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry, will follow in procession.
It will be led by the pipes and drums of the Scottish and Irish regiments, members of the Royal Air Force and the Gurkhas.
The route will be lined by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and a guard of honour will stand in Parliament Square made up of all three military services, accompanied by a Royal Marines band.
US President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand have confirmed their attendance, and Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are also confirmed as attending along with royal families from across Europe.
Towards the end of the funeral, at 11.55am the Last Post will be played followed by a two-minute national silence.
The national anthem and a lament played by the Queen's piper will bring the service to an end at about midday.
Following the funeral service the Queen's coffin will be drawn in a walking procession from the abbey to Wellington Arch, at London's Hyde Park Corner.
Once at Wellington Arch, at about 1pm the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle.
The hearse is expected to arrive in Windsor ready for a walking procession at 3.10pm up the Long Walk, which will be lined with members of the armed forces.
The King and senior members of the Royal Family are expected to join the cortege in the Quadrangle in Windsor Castle at about 3.40pm before the coffin enters St George's Chapel for a committal service at 4pm.
