Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest today next to her beloved husband following a day full of historic and personal significance
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This follows the tradition set at the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1902, when horses panicked and a party of sailors were commandeered to haul the carriage through the streets of Windsor. The sermon will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who will also give the commendation. The Dean of Westminster will then pronounce the blessing.Towards the end of the ceremony the Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minute silence to be observed in the Abbey, and throughout the United Kingdom.
As the procession departs, the parade will give a royal salute and the national anthem will be played. The King and members of the Royal Family will then depart for Windsor. Minute Guns will be fired on the East Lawn by The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, as both the Sebastopol Bell - captured in Crimea in 1856 - and the Curfew Tower Bell toll concurrently.
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