After 10 days of a national period of mourning, Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will be held later this morning.
The monarch died on September 8 at the age of 96 at her beloved home in Balmoral Castle.
King Charles III will be leading the proceedings today, with the service adhering to hundreds of years of history.
The Royal Family will take part in a procession in the lead up to the event, with bells tolling from now until the service begins.
They are ringing for a specific and symbolic reason, and here is everything you need to know before the day’s events.
What time will bells toll for the Queen’s funeral?
The tenor bells at Westminster Abbey will toll in the build up for the Queen’s state funeral, which is scheduled to being at 11am.
They will ring out every minute for 96 minutes, with each toll representing a year of the Queen’s life.
Therefore, the bells started ringing at 9:26am, and continue continuously until the service begins.
Doors will open at 9am, with world leaders all in attendance for the event, including President of the USA, Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
Of course, all the Royal Family will also be there, led by King Charles III, along with Prince William and Prince Harry.
The nine-year-old future king, Prince George and his younger sister, seven-year-old Princess Charlotte will also be there, along with around 2,000 other people.
Where is the Queen’s funeral taking place?
The bells will be ringing from Westminster Abbey as that is where the funeral will be taking place.
Now that the lying-in-state is complete at the Palace of Westminster, the Royal gun carriage will take the Queen’s coffin from there to the funeral service at 10.44am.
The service itself will begin as soon as the bells finish, at 11am, with the event lasting for no more than an hour.
After the service, there will be a two-minute silence held across the country.
Later today, there will also be a private ceremony for Royal Family members only, with it being held at 7.30pm at Windsor.
The Queen will then be buried with Prince Philip at her side, along with her father, George VI.
