The first major ceremony in London after the death of Queen Elizabeth II takes place on Wednesday afternoon, when her coffin will be taken in a carriage from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. The event is scheduled to take place between 14:22 and 15:00 (10:22 and 11:00 in Brasília).
The procession, which will cover just over a kilometer, will be accompanied on foot by King Charles III, his sons William and Harry and their three brothers – Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward. Queen consort Camilla and daughters-in-law Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are expected to travel by car.
In nearby Hyde Park, there will be one cannon volley per minute. Heathrow airport management announced that flights must be canceled or postponed between 1:50 pm and 3:40 pm (9:50 am and 11:40 am in Brasília) today, to ensure silence in the city. When the coffin arrives in Westminster, Archbishop Canterbury will hold a 20-minute ceremony, and the royal family will return to Buckingham.
At 5 pm, Westminster Hall will open to the public, who will be able to walk around the coffin. Visitation can be made day and night, until 6:30 am on Monday (19), when there will be a funeral mass at Westminster Abbey and burial at Windsor Castle, west of London.
The public will see the closed coffin, draped in the royal flag, on top of a platform guarded by guards. The crown is expected to be on top of the coffin.
Charles 3rd will inherit considerable fortune from his mother, who was one of the richest people in the world. Elizabeth also inherited most of her fortune, but it is known that she made good investments throughout her life. The fortune is estimated to be £17 billion, and most of it comes from owning land and real estate scattered across the kingdom for centuries.
But a report in The Guardian newspaper revealed that around 100 employees at Clarence House, Charles’ official residence so far, have received notifications that they may lose their jobs when the king moves to Buckingham Palace. The reason would be redundancy of positions. Secretaries, housekeepers, and finance and communications teams are among those likely to be laid off.
Most believed they would be incorporated into Buckingham’s staff, as they had served the prince directly for years. That is, until the letter arrived from Clive Alderton, Charles’s chief aide. “Everyone here is livid at the news. We are shaken,” one of the employees told the British newspaper. A union released a statement stating the decision is “nothing short of heartless”.
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