Queen Elizabeth is dead: Here are the plans for the next 10 days

LONDON — With the death of Queen Elizabeth II who ruled for much than 70 years, the United Kingdom has been plunged into mourning and astatine slightest 10 days of solemn ceremony. 

Few live anyplace successful the satellite volition person witnessed thing similar the cautiously orchestrated and elaborate plan, including weapon salutes, bells pealing crossed the onshore and millions gathered to wage tribute. 

Codenamed London Bridge, the program for the queen's ceremonial has been years successful the making and stage-manages an different uncertain fewer weeks for the federation from the succession to a caller king to a play of nationalist mourning, the queen's ceremonial and the eventual coronation of her eldest son, Charles, 73, according to beforehand briefings with Buckingham Palace officials.

Britain is present successful a play of authoritative nationalist mourning that lasts until the queen's funeral.

From the infinitesimal of Elizabeth's decease successful Balmoral Castle successful Scotland, Charles officially became the monarch of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland, positive the caput of authorities of Commonwealth countries specified arsenic Australia and Canada.

Elizabeth's assemblage volition present beryllium moved to Holyrood, her residence successful Edinburgh, earlier a work attended by members of the royal household volition beryllium held astatine St. Giles Cathedral successful the Scottish superior either time oregon Saturday.

The queen's coffin volition past beryllium transported to London connected an overnight bid earlier it is taken to Buckingham Palace.

A defender of grant formed by the King's Guard — soldiers successful recognizable reddish coats and bearskin hats who basal defender extracurricular royal residences — volition contiguous arms arsenic the coffin arrives. This volition beryllium witnessed by Charles; his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall; Elizabeth's oldest grandson, Prince William; and his wife, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.

It's a engaged clip for the caller king, who volition conscionable with Prime Minister Liz Truss, merchandise a written connection and grounds a TV code to the nation, to beryllium broadcast aboriginal the aforesaid day.

Such is the expected outpouring of grief, abstraction is being allocated extracurricular of Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's administrative headquarters, for flowers and different tributes from the public, earlier they are past gathered and taken to a designated floral tribute country successful adjacent Green Park. Thousands are expected to permission messages successful books of condolences astatine Buckingham and St James' palaces, besides successful London, and astatine Windsor Castle, the household location of Britain's kings and queens for much than 1,000 years.

Westminster Abbey's tenor doorbell and Great Tom, the authorities doorbell astatine St. Paul's Cathedral, volition peal implicit London from noon for 1 hour. Gun salutes are besides planned to beryllium fired astatine Scotland's Edinburgh Castle and Hyde Park successful London, 1 each 10 seconds for each twelvemonth of Elizabeth's life.

The Sebastopol bell, captured from Russian forces during the 19th-century Crimean War, volition besides dependable astatine Windsor Castle erstwhile a infinitesimal for each twelvemonth of her life.

Flags connected authoritative buildings volition alert astatine half-staff, portion flags successful London's Parliament Square and the Mall volition beryllium dressed successful achromatic crepe and tassels. A work of thanksgiving takes spot astatine St. Paul's Cathedral though the caller king is not expected to beryllium there.

The time aft Elizabeth's death, the caller king volition uncover the sanction nether which helium volition regularisation — it whitethorn not beryllium Charles III — astatine a gathering successful the Throne Room astatine St. James's  Palace successful London.

Members of the Privy Council, a committee of elder existent and erstwhile politicians and judges who counsel the monarch, volition perceive the caller king accidental an oath and springiness a speech. For the archetypal time, this gathering — a law formality known arsenic the Ascension Council — volition beryllium televised.

Also successful attendance volition beryllium the Archbishop of Canterbury, the astir elder clergyman successful the Church of England, which the caller king present heads.

The king's proclamation volition beryllium met with a 41-gun salute astatine Hyde Park fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and a 62-gun salute astatine the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company. 

In 1 of galore flourishes of pageantry, a ceremonial tune, oregon fanfare, volition dependable and a Garter King of Arms, a heraldic presumption that has been successful the royal household since 1484, proclaims Charles the caller king from a balcony of St. James's Palace.

The royal set volition past play the archetypal verse of the nationalist anthem — which present has a caller title: "God Save the King."

At this point, flags connected nationalist buildings tin beryllium raised to full-staff.

The caller king past makes his mode to London's Royal Exchange, successful past and modern London's fiscal district, wherever helium is proclaimed king by the Clarenceux King of Arms, different heraldic relation dating to medieval times.

A royal serviceman commanding pikemen and musketeers volition past bid them to "advance their pikes," which is 5 beats of tier drums, past "order their pikes," which is 3 times.

Towns and cities crossed the kingdom volition marque their ain proclamations, with fanfares astatine Cardiff Castle, Wales; Mercat Cross, a ceremonial monument connected the Royal Mile successful Edinburgh, Scotland; and astatine Hillsborough Castle successful Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Preparations are by this constituent good underway for Elizabeth's assemblage to prevarication successful state.

The caller king and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, walk the 3rd time visiting the seats of governmental powerfulness successful England and Scotland. 

In the morning, they volition perceive messages of condolence successful Westminster Hall, betwixt the Houses of Parliament successful Westminster, London, earlier helium makes a speech.

They past alert to Edinburgh for a ceremonial astatine St. Giles' Cathedral, earlier gathering the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon astatine the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, wherever helium volition beryllium met with a 21-gun salute.

The king continues his whistle-stop circuit of the state with a sojourn to Belfast, wherever helium volition sojourn Hillsborough Castle and St. Anne's Cathedral.

The thousands, if not millions, of radical expected to enactment up to personally wage their respects to Elizabeth erstwhile her assemblage is taken to Westminster Hall volition beryllium invited to hold successful enactment successful Victoria Tower Gardens, a tiny greenish abstraction adjacent to the Houses of Parliament and alongside the River Thames.

Such is the value of moving her assemblage to this impermanent resting place, determination volition present beryllium a afloat rehearsal.

Elizabeth's assemblage volition beryllium taken from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster successful a weapon carriage procession, a symbolic and momentous moment. The coffin volition beryllium draped successful the royal standard, connected which the Imperial State Crown volition beryllium placed connected a velvet cushion, followed by the caller king. Princes William and Harry alongside her children and different members of the royal household volition travel connected foot.

Big Ben, the colossal doorbell successful the Elizabeth Tower successful the Houses of Parliament (the sanction of the operation and the doorbell are commonly confused), volition toll astatine one-minute intervals for the duration of the procession on with weapon salutes successful Hyde Park.

The coffin volition beryllium taken to Westminster Hall, wherever aft a abbreviated service, Elizabeth volition prevarication successful authorities nether equipped defender for the adjacent 5 days. A continuous vigil present begins by the Yeoman of the Guard and different subject personnel. 

There are preparations for hundreds of thousands of radical to record past and wage their respects, successful a 24-hour cognition interrupted lone by a nightly 15-minute cleaning break.

The bodies of the Queen Mother; King George VI, Elizabeth's father, and British wartime person Winston Churchill each laic successful authorities successful this hall, which has played a cardinal relation successful English nationalist life since the 11th century.

Not until 10 days aft her decease volition Elizabeth beryllium fixed her authoritative send-off astatine Westminster Abbey, with members of her family, British constitution figures and heads of authorities from crossed the satellite successful attendance.

During the morning, Westminster Abbey volition capable up with British and overseas dignitaries, including each surviving erstwhile British premier ministers.

The last well-wishers volition beryllium admitted to Westminster Hall to wage their respects astatine 6.30 a.m. (1 a.m. ET), earlier the coffin makes its abbreviated travel with the Imperial State Crown, the Orb and the Scepter each connected it.

At 11 a.m. (6 a.m.) exactly, the pallbearers volition halt astatine the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and Big Ben volition onslaught conscionable erstwhile to marque a nationalist two-minute silence.

The Last Post, Reveille and the nationalist anthem volition extremity the hour-long ceremonial service, earlier a procession that could beryllium arsenic agelong arsenic 1.5 miles past carries the coffin past Buckingham Palace to Wellington Arch and connected to Elizabeth's last resting spot astatine Windsor.