CEREMONIAL PROCESSION FOR TUESDAY 9TH APRIL

6 Apr 2002 02:12 PM

for the

FUNERAL

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, Aide-de-Camp 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

BEARER PARTY

Group Captain Jonathan Fynes, RAF, Commondant, Central Flying School. Brigadier Guy Ratcliffe, Colonel Commondant, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Brigadier Garry Barnett, Colonel, The Black Watch
Major General Robin Brims, Colonel, The Light Infantry

General Sir Michael Walker, Colonel, The Royal Anglican Regiment Colonel Malcolm Grant Haworth, Colonel, The King's Regiment

Brigadier Hugh Pye, Colonel, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince Of Wales's) Major General David Jenkins, Colonel, The Queen's Royal Hussars

Colonel John Pocock, Colonel, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Captain David Snelson, R.N, H.M.S. Ark Royal

From left to right

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 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 and Equerry 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.

PROCESSION OF THE VISITING CLERGY

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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

includes members of the Royal Family, members of staff of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and family members.

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MEMBERS OF FOREIGN ROYAL FAMILIES

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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 Captain Colin Cooke-Priest, Gentleman Usher to The Queen 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

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

led by the Beadle

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BEARER PARTY and The Coffin surmounted by Her Majesty's Crown

Members of the Royal Family from left to right

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

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

led by the Verger.

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BEARER PARTY

from left to right:

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 (The Private Secretary to The Queen)

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.