The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, 19 Sept., will be watched by millions around the world, with television networks broadcasting the historic event live.
The state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am British time, which is 5am in the Cayman Islands. Before the funeral, the Queen’s coffin will be taken from Westminster Hall, where the late monarch has been lying in state, to Westminster Abbey.
The procession is set to begin at 10:44am UK time (4:44am Cayman time).
For viewers in Cayman with access to US cable networks, there will be live coverage on NBC, CNN, ABC and Fox News, while those who can view UK channels can see the funeral on BBC One, BBC News, and Sky News. The BBC will also stream its coverage live online, which will be accessible anywhere in the world.
The Cayman Islands government’s CIGTV will also be carrying the BBC coverage live.
Live broadcasts of the funeral will also be shown at public viewings at three churches in Grand Cayman Monday morning – at Wesleyan Holiness Church in West Bay, First Baptist Church in George Town, and the Cayman Islands Baptist Church in Savannah. There will also be public viewings of the broadcast on the Sister Islands – at the Aston Rutty Centre in Cayman Brac and the Command Centre in Little Cayman.
Condolence books will be available for the public to sign at these locations.
The Queen’s coffin was conveyed from Balmoral Castle, where she died on 8 Sept., to Edinburgh on Sunday, 11 Sept., before being taken by a Royal Air Force plane to RAF Northolt on 13 Sept. A hearse then transported the coffin to Buckingham Palace by road, to rest in the Bow Room.
On 14 Sept., the coffin was borne by a gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster where it is lying in state in Westminster Hall until the funeral. By 19 Sept., hundreds of thousands of people will have queued – for up to 10 hours – to view the coffin and to pay their final respects to the monarch who reigned for more than 70 years.
On 19 Sept., the coffin will be taken in procession from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey, where the state funeral service will take place.
A two-minute national silence is planned throughout the UK to coincide with the concluding moments of the funeral service (around 11:54am UK time, or 5:54am Cayman time). In Cayman, radio stations will observe two minutes of silence from 12:30-12:32pm.
Following the funeral, the coffin will be transported from Westminster Abbey to Windsor, where the state hearse will travel in procession to St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
There the Queen will be buried with her late husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the Royal Vault, in a private service for members of the Royal Family on the evening of 19 Sept.
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The day of the funeral has been declared a public holiday.
The Department of Labour and Pensions circulated guidance on Wednesday reminding employers of their obligations under the law in terms of workers’ pay entitlements.
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