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CEREMONIAL FOR THE FUNERAL OF QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER


PROCESSION

from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey
on Tuesday, 9th April, 2002.

FUNERAL SERVICE

Westminster Abbey
on Tuesday, 9th April, 2002
at 11.30 a.m.


ASSEMBLY AT WESTMINSTER HALL

By 10.40 a.m. The Bearer Party of the Irish Guards arrive at Westminster Hall.

Between 10.45 a.m. and 10.50 a.m. The Pall Bearers and the General Officer Commanding London District, together with his Staff, arrive in New Palace Yard via Whitehall and wait outside the North Door.

By 10.50 a.m. A Guard of Honour found by Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards, with the Royal Standard of the Regiment and the Band of the Regiment, under the command of Major Martin David, Grenadier Guards, is formed up in Parliament Square facing the gates of New Palace Yard.

10.50 a.m. Members of the Royal Family walking in the Procession arrive via Whitehall and assemble inside the North Door.

11.00 a.m. The Royal Family move to the North East corner of the Catafalque.

The Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker then take up their positions to the North of the Catafalque.

11.02 a.m. The Bearer Party leaves the North Door of Westminster Hall and moves to the South of the Catafalque.

The last Vigil of the Watch, found by the Irish Guards, leaves the Catafalque and forms up on the West side of Westminster Hall.

The Bearer Party then moves to the Catafalque.

By 11.03 a.m. The Detachments marching in the Procession are formed up on the East and South sides of Parliament Square.

A Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is positioned outside the North Door.

The Pall Bearers and the General Officer Commanding London District and his Staff take up their respective positions in front of and beside the Gun Carriage in New Palace Yard.

11.05 a.m. The Bearer Party lift the Coffin from the Catafalque and, preceded by the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker, carry the Coffin to the Gun Carriage outside the North Door. Those following the Coffin out of Westminster Hall take up their positions behind the Gun Carriage in the Procession which forms up in New Palace Yard.


PROCESSION FROM WESTMINSTER HALL TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY

The Coffin is taken in Procession from the North Door of Westminster Hall to the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey.

The Processional route is:-
New Palace Yard
Parliament Square (East side)
Parliament Square (South side)
Broad Sanctuary

The Processional route is lined by the Armed Forces.

PROCESSION

Massed Pipes and Drums of:-

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
1st Royal Tank Regiment
Scots Guards
Irish Guards
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers
(Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th
and The Ulster Defence Regiment)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
The Royal Gurkha Rifles
51st Highland Regiment and The London Regiment

Captain Nicholas Ulvert
ADC to the General
Officer Commanding London District
Brigadier Martin Vine
Deputy Commander
London District
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Bodington
Brigade Major
Household Division

Major General Redmond Watt
General Officer Commanding
London District


PALL BEARERS

PALL BEARERS

Group Captain John Fynes, RAF
Commandant,
Central Flying School,
Royal Air Force

Brigadier Guy Radcliffe
Colonel Commandant,
Royal Army Medical Corps
Brigadier Garry Barnett
Colonel,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
Major General Robin Brims
Colonel,
The Light Infantry
General Sir Michael Walker
Colonel, The Royal Anglian Regiment
Gun Carriage of The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery with the Coffin surmounted by Her Majesty's Crown Colonel Malcolm Grant Howarth
Colonel,
The King's Regiment
Brigadier Hugh Pye
Colonel,
9th/12th Royal Lancers
(Prince of Wales')
Major General David Jenkins
Colonel,
The Queen's Royal Hussars
(The Queen's Own & Royal Irish)
Colonel John Pocock
Colonel,
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Captain David Snelson RN
Commanding Officer,
HMS Ark Royal



The Earl of Wessex

The Princess Royal THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH The Prince of Wales The Duke of York
Mr. Peter Phillips

Prince Harry of Wales Prince William of Wales Viscount Linley
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lord Glamis

Captain Mark Grayson
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
The Honourable Nicholas Assheton
Treasurer and Extra
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Captain Sir Alastair Aird
Private Secretary and Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Major Raymond Seymour
Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

11.18 a.m. The Procession leaves from outside the North Door of Westminster Hall for the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey.

As the Procession moves off the Guard of Honour gives a Royal Salute.

ARRIVAL AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY


9.45 a.m. The Doors of Westminster Abbey are opened.

By 10.30 a.m. The General Congregation is seated.

By 10.35 a.m. A representative Detachment of Her Majesty's Ships, Regiments, Corps and Royal Air Force affiliations, including those from overseas, take up their positions on each side of the pathway between the West Gate and the Great West Door.

Between 10.35 a.m. and 10.45 a.m. Heads of State, National Representatives, Governors-General and other prominent persons arrive at the Great West Door and are conducted by Gentlemen Ushers to their places in the Quire, the Lanterns, and the North Transept.

By 10.50 a.m. Members of the Royal Family who are not walking in the Procession will arrive at the Grand Entrance of Buckingham Palace by way of the North Centre Gate.

By 10.50 a.m. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster, having entered the Abbey by the Samaria Door, take up their positions at the Great West Door.

10.50 a.m. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, followed by The Queen's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen- at-Arms, having entered by the East Cloister Door, move by way of the South Quire Aisle, the South Nave Aisle, the West end of the Nave and the Centre Aisle to their positions in the Nave, the Quire and the Lanterns.

Between 10.50 a.m. and 10.55 a.m. Members of Foreign Royal Families arrive at the Great West Door by way of Victoria Street and are conducted by Gentlemen Ushers to St. George's Chapel.

11.00 a.m. The following leave the Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace and drive in a Car Procession by way of the Centre Arch, the Centre Gate of the Forecourt, Queen's Gardens (South side), Birdcage Walk, Storey's Gate and Broad Sanctuary to Westminster Abbey:-

The Buckingham Palace Detachment of The Queen's Guard is turned out in the Forecourt and gives a Royal Salute.

11.05 a.m. Members of the Royal Family arrive by car at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey and are received by the Dean and Chapter. They are conducted by Gentlemen Ushers to St. George's Chapel.

11.07 a.m. The Visiting Clergy enter the Abbey by way of the Samaria Door and move in Procession by way of the Centre Aisle to their places in the Sacrarium.

All Stand 

PROCESSION OF THE VISITING CLERGY
 
Verger
Children of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal
Gentlemen of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal
The Reverend Canon Dendle French
Chaplain of Glamis Castle

The Reverend Doctor Iain Macnee
Minister of Canisbay  
The Reverend Robert Sloan 
Minister of Crathie 
The Reverend
 John Gardner
 Minister of Glamis

The Reverend Canon John Ovenden
Chaplain, Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park
The Reverend
 Canon George Hall
Rector of Sandringham

The Reverend Prebendary William Booth
Sub-Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal
The Right Reverend
 David Conner
 Dean of Windsor

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Richard Chartres
Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal (Bishop of London)

The Reverend Anthony Burnham
Moderator of the of Westminster Free Churches Group 
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster


The Right Reverend John Miller
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Doctor David Hope
Archbishop of York

The Reverend Canon Doctor David Marshall
Senior Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury
carrying
The Cross of Canterbury


The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Doctor George Carey
Archbishop of Canterbury

11.10 a.m. Members of the Royal Family, Members of Foreign Royal Families and Members of the Family of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother move in procession to their seats in the Lantern.

PROCESSION

Air Vice-Marshal David Hawkins-Leth
Gentleman Usher to The Queen
Air Vice-Marshal Barry Newton
Gentleman Usher to The Queen

Mrs. Simon Bowes Lyon
Mr. Simon Bowes Lyon

Sir Timothy Colman The Lady Mary Colman

Davina, Countess of Stair The Honourable Albemarle Bowes Lyon The Honourable Mrs. Rhodes

Mr. Christopher Godfrey-Faussett The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mr. Anthony Leeming
The Lady Diana Godfrey-Faussett The Dowager Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne The Lady Elizabeth Leeming
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Birdwood
Gentleman Usher to The Queen
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Breakwell
Gentleman Usher to The Queen

Miss Marina Ogilvy Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy

The Lady Gabriella Windsor The Lord Frederick Windsor

Princess Michael of Kent Prince Michael of Kent

Mr. Timothy Taylor The Lord Nicholas Windsor The Lady Helen Taylor
Countess of St. Andrews Earl of St. Andrews
The Duchess of Kent The Duke of Kent
The Lady Rose Windsor Earl of Ulster The Lady Davina Windsor
The Duchess of Gloucester The Duke of Gloucester
Major General Brian Pennicott
Gentleman Usher to The Queen
Colonel Malcolm Havergal
Gentleman Usher to The Queen

MEMBERS OF FOREIGN ROYAL FAMILIES

The Duke of Aosta  Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein
Princess Ernst-August of Hanover  Prince Ernst-August of Hanover
Princess Muna of Jordan  Prince Albert of Monaco
The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg  The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes  King Constantine of the Hellenes
Queen Anne of Romania  King Michael of Romania
The Queen of Norway  The King of Norway
The Queen of Spain  The King of Spain
The Queen of Sweden  The King of Sweden

Prince Gustav of Denmark

The Prince Consort of Denmark The Queen of Denmark

The Sultan of Brunei

Prince Philip of Belgium The King of the Belgians

The Queen of the Netherlands

11.12 a.m. The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace and drives by car to Westminster Abbey

The Buckingham Palace Detachment of The Queen's Guard is turned out in the Forecourt and gives a Royal Salute.

11.16 a.m. The Queen, with those in Attendance, arrives at the West Entrance Gate and is received by the Dean of Westminster. The Dean will conduct Her Majesty to the Great West Door where he presents the Chapter.

11.18 a.m. The Queen and others in the Procession are conducted by the Lord Chamberlain, by way of the Centre Aisle, to their seats in the Lantern.


PROCESSION

Rear Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest
Gentleman Usher to The Queen
Captain Paddy McKnight
Gentleman Usher to The Queen
Mr. Daniel Chatto The Lady Sarah Chatto
Commodore Timothy Laurence, RN Miss Zara Phillips
Princess Beatrice of York Viscountess Linley Princess Eugenie of York

The Lord Luce
Lord Chamberlain

THE QUEEN

Major James Duckworth-Chad
Equerry-in-Waiting
The Duchess of Grafton
Mistress of the Robes
The Right Honourable Sir Robin Janvrin
Private Secretary

11.20 a.m. The Massed Pipes and Drums leading the Funeral Procession from Westminster Hall enter Victoria Street, countermarch and halt.

When The Queen's Procession has left the West end of the Nave the Dean and Chapter move to the Centre of the Great West Door to await the arrival of the Coffin.

11.21 a.m. The Choir of Westminster Abbey enters the Abbey by the West Cloister Door and moves in Procession by way of the South Nave Aisle to the West end of the Nave.

The Insignia Bearers take their positions inside the Great West Door on the South side.

11.25 a.m. 
The Gun Carriage halts outside the West Gate.

The Pall Bearers take their places on each side of the Pathway between the West Gate and the Great West Door.

The Bearer Party removes the Coffin from the Gun Carriage.

11.30 a.m. 
The Coffin is carried by the Bearer Party in Procession through the Great West Door and thereafter by way of the Centre Aisle to the Catafalque in the Lantern.

The Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Garter King of Arms and Lord Lyon King of Arms join the Procession inside the Great West Door.

PROCESSION

Beadle
Mr. James O'Donnell
Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Verger
The Cross of Westminster
and Taperers

The Reverend Chris Chivers
Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey 
The Reverend
 Dominic Fenton
Precentor of
 Westminster Abbey
Canons' Verger
The Reverend Canon Doctor Tom Wright
Canon of Westminster  
The Reverend Canon
 Robert Wright
Canon of Westminster 
The Reverend Canon Michael Middleton
Canon of Westminster  
The Reverend Canon David Hutt
 Canon of Westminster

Dean's Verger

The Very Reverend Doctor Wesley Carr
Dean of Westminster

Sir Roy Strong
High Bailiff of Westminster  
The Lord Hurd of Westwell
High Steward of Westminster

The Queen's Almsmen

Mr. Robin Blair
Lord Lyon King of Arms
Mr. Peter Gwynn-Jones
Garter King of Arms

Her Majesty's Insignia
carried by

Major Andrew Jose
Royal Army Medical Corps  
Captain Anthony Fraser 
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Captain Adam Anderson
The Light Infantry  
Captain Stuart Seymour
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

PALL BEARERS

PALL BEARERS

Group Captain John Fynes, RAF
Commandant,
Central Flying School,
Royal Air Force

Brigadier Guy Radcliffe
Colonel Commandant,
Royal Army Medical Corps
Brigadier Garry Barnett
Colonel,
The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
Major General Robin Brims
Colonel,
The Light Infantry
General Sir Michael Walker
Colonel,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
Colonel Malcolm Grant Howarth
Colonel,
The King's Regiment
Brigadier Hugh Pye
Colonel,
9th/12th Royal Lancers
(Prince of Wales')
Major General David Jenkins
Colonel,
The Queen's Royal Hussars
(The Queen's Own & Royal Irish)
Colonel John Pocock
Colonel,
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Captain David Snelson RN
Commanding Officer,
HMS Ark Royal

 

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
Lord Chamberlain to
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

BEARER PARTY

The Coffin surmounted by Her Majesty's Crown BEARER PARTY
The Duke of York

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH The Prince of Wales
The Princess Royal

The Earl of Wessex
Mr. Peter Phillips

Prince Harry of Wales Prince William of Wales Viscount Linley
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lord Glamis

Captain Mark Grayson
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
The Honourable Nicholas Assheton
Treasurer and Extra
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Captain Sir Alastair Aird
Private Secretary and Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Major Raymond Seymour
Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

The General Officer Commanding London District follows the Procession into Westminster Abbey.
 
Those in the Procession take their places in the Sacrarium and the Lantern.

The Bearer Party places the Coffin on the Catafalque and leaves the Lantern by way of the South Transept.


DEPARTURE FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY

By 12.15 p.m. The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will be formed up on the North side of the Wellington Arch.

12.25 p.m. At the conclusion of the Service, the Bearer Party comes forward from under the Quire Screen to the Lantern and lift the Coffin from the Catafalque.

The Coffin is carried in Procession from the Lantern by way of the Centre Aisle and the Great West Door to the Hearse outside the West Gate.

PROCESSION

Verger

The Right Reverend David Conner
Dean of Windsor

The Reverend Anthony Burnham
Moderator of the Free Churches Group
Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster


The Right Reverend John Miller
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Doctor David Hope
Archbishop of York

The Reverend Canon Doctor David Marshall
Senior Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury
carrying
The Cross of Canterbury

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Doctor George Carey
Archbishop of Canterbury

Verger

The Cross of Westminster
and Taperers

The Reverend Chris Chivers
Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey 
The Reverend
 Dominic Fenton
Precentor of
 Westminster Abbey
Canons' Verger
The Reverend Canon Doctor Tom Wright
Canon of Westminster  
The Reverend Canon
 Robert Wright
Canon of Westminster 
The Reverend Canon Michael Middleton
Canon of Westminster  
The Reverend Canon David Hutt
 Canon of Westminster

Dean's Verger

The Very Reverend Doctor Wesley Carr
Dean of Westminster

Sir Roy Strong
High Bailiff of Westminster  
The Lord Hurd of Westwell
High Steward of Westminster

The Queen's Almsmen

Mr. Robin Blair
Lord Lyon King of Arms
Mr. Peter Gwynn-Jones
Garter King of Arms

Her Majesty's Insignia
carried by

Major Andrew Jose
Royal Army Medical Corps  
Captain Anthony Fraser 
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Captain Adam Anderson
The Light Infantry  
Captain Stuart Seymour
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Pall Bearers

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

The Lord Luce
Lord Chamberlain
 
  
BEARER PARTY

The coffin surmounted by Her Majesty's Crown BEARER PARTY
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
THE QUEEN
Prince Harry of Wales
The Prince of Wales Prince William of Wales
Princess Eugenie of York
The Duke of York Princess Beatrice of York
The Countess of Wessex
The Earl of Wessex
Commodore Timothy Laurence, RN The Princess Royal
Miss Zara Phillips Mr. Peter Phillips
Viscountess Linley Viscount Linley
Mr. Daniel Chatto The Lady Sarah Chatto

The Dowager Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lord Glamis The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Mr. Anthony Leeming

The Lady Elizabeth Leeming

Mr. Christopher Godfrey-Faussett

The Lady Diana Godfrey-Faussett
Major James Duckworth-Chad
Equerry-in-Waiting
The Duchess of Grafton
Mistress of the Robes
The Right Honourable Sir Robin Janvrin
Private Secretary

Captain Mark Grayson
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
The Honourable Nicholas Assheton
Treasurer and Extra
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Captain Sir Alastair Aird
Private Secretary and Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Major Raymond Seymour
Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

As the Coffin passes the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior the Massed Pipes and Drums, from a position in Broad Sanctuary, play a Lament.

The Prince of Wales and the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne follow the Coffin from the Great West Door and move to their positions outside the West Gate, on the South side.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh with those following in the Procession wait at the Great West Door to watch the Departure of the Coffin for Windsor.

12.30 p.m. The Bearer Party places the Coffin in the Hearse and moves to a position to the South of the West Gate.

12.35 p.m. The Car Procession leaves Westminster Abbey for St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The route is via Whitehall, Horse Guards Arch, The Mall, Queen Victoria Memorial (South and West sides), Constitution Hill, Wellington Arch, Queen Elizabeth Gates, South Carriage Drive, Queen's Gate, Cromwell Road, Great West Road, A30, Datchet, Windsor High Street, entering Windsor Castle by way of Henry VIII Gateway.

 

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