Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 on 8 September following a 70-year reign.
Her Majesty was known as Britain’s longest reigning sovereign and following her death, her funeral is should be taking place 10 days after, making it Sunday 18 September.
It is expected that the service will take place at Westminster Abbey and that there will be a national two-minute silence at midday.
The official plans following the Queen’s death are known as ‘Operation London Bridge’ and 'Operation Unicorn', and last yearPoliticodetailed what this means and whether or not there will be a bank holiday.
Though the funeral will take place on a “day of national mourning”, which is effectively a bank holiday, it won’t be named as such.
If the funeral falls on the weekend, an extra bank holiday will not be granted. If it falls on a weekday, there are no known government plans to order employers to give employees the day off. The documents state that it is a matter between employees and their staff.
So, while the funeral will be designated a national day of mourning, a nationwide bank holiday is not guaranteed.
Politico adds that there will be a committal service in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, and the queen will be buried in the castle’s King George VI Memorial Chapel on the tenth day following her death.
As the Queen passed away at Balmoral, this will mean that Operation Unicornwill be implemented.
Operation Unicorn dictates the protocols in case of the Queen dying while at her summer residence in Balmoral, Scotland.
Details of 'Operation Unicorn' emerged in 2019,Edinburgh Live reports, and they outline what would happen if the Queen died in Scotland.
According to the reports in 2019, if the Queen were to die at her retreat in Balmoral, her body would be taken to Holyrood Palace.
The Palace, along with the Scottish Parliament and St Giles' Cathedral will become the main focus for the public and the world's media.
Her coffin would then be carried to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh where the Queen would lie in state.
Large numbers of people would be expected to sign a book of condolence at Holyrood. The Queen's coffin would be placed on a royal train at Waverley station and taken south to London, where her funeral would be held.
The Queen's family inclujding The Prince of Wales, 73, and Duchess of Cornwall, 75, arrived in Balmoral to be with the Queen ahead of her death, travelling the short distance from where they were already staying at Birkhall on the estate.
Meanwhile the Duke of Cambridge, 40, was seen at the wheel of a car driving the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex into the gates of Balmoral, after the senior Royals jetted in together from London.
Prince Harry also rushed to the Her Majesty's side while his wife Meghan stayed behind in London.
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