What Happens When the Queen Dies?
What Happens Now That the Queen Has Died? This Is the Official Plan
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The day of the Queen's funeral will be treated as a national day of mourning, though employers will not be legally required to give staff a day off. Big Ben will chime at 9am, the crown jewels will be cleaned, and a two-minute silence will be held across the UK at noon.
A military parade will proceed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where the coffin will lie in wait for four days. Doors will be open to the public for 23 hours a day, during which mourners will wait in line to honour the Queen. Finally, 138 junior sailors from the Royal Navy will pull the coffin on a green gun carriage (a tradition which dates back to Queen Victoria's death in 1901) to the Windsor Castle chapel to prepare for burial in the castle's King George VI Memorial Chapel.