Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin left her Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday, starting a weeklong journey through the country before her funeral on Sept. 19.
The monarch died Thursday at Balmoral, ending a seven-decade reign and leaving her son Prince Charles to take the throne as King Charles III.
Charles and the royal family accompanied the queen’s coffin on a slow march along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, according to Buckingham Palace.
The hearse on Tuesday will make its way to Buckingham Palace in London before the queen is moved to lie in state, with her coffin on view to the public, for four days at the Palace of Westminster.
The queen’s coffin will then move to Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, which was made a national bank holiday in the United Kingdom.
National and world leaders are expected to be in attendance at the state funeral service. The White House confirmed this week that President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend.
Finally, the coffin will be moved to Windsor Castle, just east of London, for the queen’s committal service.
The multistep process is part of the preset plan for services and the line of succession in the event of the monarch’s death, a process codenamed Operation London Bridge.
The funeral service starts next Monday at 11 a.m. in Britain, according to Buckingham Palace, or 6 a.m. EDT in the U.S.
Here are the news outlets expected to provide live coverage of next week’s funeral service and some of the lead-up of events and services.
The Hill will update this list as schedules are solidified and broadcasts are confirmed.
- The BBC has been providing wall-to-wall coverage of the queen’s death and is expected to livestream the funeral on its website next Monday.
- Most major U.S. outlets are expected to air some of the Monday services. CNN plans to broadcast the funeral, a spokesperson told The Hill.
- On ABC News, David Muir and Robin Roberts are set to lead coverage of the event. The outlet has also been running a live update page on their website.
- Fox News will also cover the funeral, starting at 4 a.m. Eastern on Monday, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. Martha MacCallum will anchor from London, joined by Ainsley Earhardt and Piers Morgan.
- NBC News’s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Lester Holt will anchor special coverage from London starting at 5:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday, which will also be livestreamed on the NBC News website. The outlet has also been running a live coverage blog about the monarch’s passing.
- ITV News in the U.K. has been streaming some special coverage of the queen’s death on its YouTube channel and is likely to share clips or livestream next week’s ceremony. For U.K. viewers, local outlets report ITV will air the full day of events without interruption on all of its channels.
- The U.K.’s Sky News has also been showing live coverage of the monarch’s death on its website.
— Updated Sept. 15 at 6:16 p.m.