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When is Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, how can you watch it in Australia and who will be there?

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is now on display in London's Westminster Hall ahead of her funeral next week.

The Queen will lie in state until Monday, when her coffin will be carried to nearby Westminster Abbey for her state funeral before being laid to rest with her husband, Prince Philip, at Windsor Castle.

When and where is the funeral happening and how can Australians watch it?

The Queen's state funeral will be held at 11am on September 19 at Westminster Abbey in London.

After that she will be taken to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle to be buried with her husband, Prince Philip.

The funeral will be broadcast live in Australia on Monday at 8pm AEST on ABC NEWS channel and ABC NewsRadio.

Who will be at the funeral?

The Queen's four children, grandchildren and their partners are expected to attend.

That includes King Charles, Camilla, Queen Consort, Prince William and Catherine, the Princess of Wales.

Leaders and monarchs from around the world will also attend, including US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japanese Emperor Naruhito.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will travel to London for the funeral.

Albanese announces public holiday to mark Queen's death

Mr Albanese announced a national day of mourning will be held in Australia on Thursday, September 22, to mark the Queen's death.

Australians will get a one-off public holiday and a memorial will be held in the Great Hall at Parliament House.

The Queen's funeral will break with tradition

The Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey will be the first funeral for a monarch since King George II in 1760.

Until now it had become almost a tradition that the monarch's funeral be held at St George's Chapel in Windsor.

But the Abbey has always been an important place for monarchs, ever since it was built under King Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. The King's body still lies in a tomb there.

The Abbey has been a special place for the Queen throughout her life.

It was there as a young girl she witnessed her father, King George VI's coronation on May 12, 1937.

It's also where, as a young princess, she married Prince Philip.

And where she was crowned Queen.

The Abbey said that throughout her reign the Queen went to services there, and attended the annual Commonwealth service each year.

Many of the royal family's weddings and funerals have been held there over the decades.

  • Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong Jones in 1960
  • Princess Anne and Mark Phillips married there in 1973
  • Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson married there in 1986
  • Princess Diana's funeral was held there in 1997
  • The Queen Mother's funeral was held there in 2002
  • Prince William and Kate wed there in 2011

The Queen and Prince Philip will be interred together in the Chapel

After the service, the Queen's coffin will be brought from London to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

It's where she will be laid to rest with her husband, Prince Philip, who was farewelled at St George's Chapel in April last year.

After the funeral service — at which his coffin arrived in a custom Land Rover the Duke of Edinburgh designed himself — Prince Philip was laid to rest in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel. 

But it was only a temporary location, because the Queen will be interred in the King George VI Memorial Chapel and Prince Philip will be moved beside her.

The Chapel was built after the death of the Queen's father, King George VI.

He was joined by his wife, the Queen Mother, and their youngest daughter Princess Margaret in 2002.

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