Queen Elizabeth will be laid to rest on Monday September 19, with her funeral set to be broadcasted across the world.
The BBC, ITV and Sky News will be leading the coverage here in the UK, with people across the UK paying tribute to their late monarch. The Queen passed away last Thursday at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement at the time.
The Queen and her long reign will be honoured in the special funeral, which begins at 11am. Many dignitaries and world leaders will join the Royal Family at the funeral, as they bid a final farewell to the monarch.
TV channels across the UK will be marking the historic occasion with special coverage, and here's all the details.
On the BBC, Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth will be leading the coverage, broadcasting from across the UK. Huw and Fergal will be based in London, whilst Kirsty and David will be live from Windsor. Sophie will be at Parliament Square whilst Anita Rani will share the day with viewers from the Long Walk at Windsor. JJ Chalmers will be at Wellington Barracks as they all come together to mark the historic day.
The special programme will air from 8am to 5pm on BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer and BSL coverage on BBC Two.
For ITV, broadcasters Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham will helm the coverage.
Their programming will begin at 9.30am and will cover the funeral service, which will take place at Westminster Abbey, as well as the mile-long military procession as the monarch is taking on her final journey through London. ITV will also track the Queen's final journey to Windsor as well as the committal service at St George's Chapel.
Mary Nightingale will lead reporting from Westminster Abbey, whilst Royal Editor Chris Ship will be in London and later in Windsor.
With Sky News, the special programme will start at 5am as Her Majesty’s Lying-in-State comes to an end. Kamali Melbourne will be live from Westminster Abbey, before Kay Burley takes over from 7am. She will explain how the day will unfold ahead of Anna Botting and Dermot Murnaghan taking over for a special broadcast of the funeral procession from 9am.
Anna will be reporting live from Westminster, with full coverage of the funeral service at 11am. Dermot will be based in Windsor Castle as the procession heads from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, before ending at St. George’s Chapel via the Long Walk.
Sky Royal Events Commentator Alastair Bruce will be on hand to provide analysis of the historic events. Jayne Secker will be live from Windsor at 5pm whilst Mark Austin will appear from Buckingham Palace at 7pm. The coverage will end with a round up with Johnathan Samuels at 9pm before Anna Botting brings the News at Ten live from Buckingham Palace.
Over on Channel 4, a number of programmes will air to pay tribute to the Queen, including a classic 1993 documentary about her coronation and 1943 Vera Lynn film, We’ll Meet Again. There will also be two extended editions of Channel 4 News.
Channel 4's full schedule:
06:10 to 10:55: Britain’s Most Beautiful Landscapes, Secrets of the Royal Gardens
10:55: Her Majesty The Queen (obituary)
11:55: Her Majesty The Queen: Two Minutes’ Silence
12:00: A Queen Is Crowned – The 1953 documentary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Narrated by Laurence Olivier)
13:25: Channel 4 News Special (90 minutes)
14:50: We’ll Meet Again (1943 film)
16:10 to 19:00: Secrets Royal Gardens, Coastal Railway Journeys, Devon & Cornwall
19:00: Channel 4 News (90 minutes)
20:30 onwards: Jamie’s One Pan Wonders, 24hrs in A&E, First Dates, UEFA Magazine, Walter Presents: Sisterhood
Sky News' full schedule:
05:00 to 7:00: Kamali Melbourne from Westminster Abbey
07:00 - 09:00: Kay Burley from Westminster Abbey
09:00 - 17:00: Anna Botting takes viewers through the Funeral Procession and service from Westminster Abbey, which commences at 11am, while Dermot Murnaghan reports live from Windsor Castle.
17:00 - 19:00: Jayne Secker live from Windsor Castle
19:00 - 21:00: Mark Austin live from Buckingham Palace
21:00 - 22:00: Daily round-up of the day’s events with Johnathan Samuels
22:00 - 23:00: Anna Botting with the News at Ten live from Buckingham Palace
ITV's full schedule:
06:00: Good Morning Britain
09:30 - 18:00: Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral hosted by Tom Bradbury and Julia Etchingham
18:00 - 19:30: ITV local news and weather
19:30: Queen Elizabeth II: A Nation Remembers
21:00: Queen Elizabeth II: The Final Farewell
22:00: Extended ITV News at Ten with Tom Bradby
BBC's full schedule:
06:00: BBC Breakfast
08:00 - 17:00: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
17:00: BBC News
18:15: The One Show: Our Queen
18:50: Paddington 2
20:30: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Events of the Day
22:00: BBC News at Ten
