The security device includes the deployment of 10,000 police officers and 1,500 soldiers.
Some 500 heads and former heads of state or government will gather in the British capital between tomorrow and Monday and will meet before the funeral at the Royal Chelsea Hospital, a care center for military veterans and retirees in the west of the English capital.
From there they will leave in groups to Westminster Abbey, in the center of the city, where the so-called “funeral of the century” will take place.
But not all world leaders will travel collectively: London made an exception for the president of the United States, Joe Biden, who was allowed to arrive at the funeral aboard his official vehicle, an armored car known as The Beast.
In addition to the rulers, some 2,000 guests will attend the ceremony, which will begin at 10 (6 in Argentina), including members of the British Government, legislators, senior officials and representatives of the most relevant public institutions in the country.
In addition, hundreds of volunteers offer help to the estimated million people who came to the British capital to bid farewell to the Queen, British media reported.
The queue of people waiting to say their last goodbye to Isabel II extended today for 8 kilometers, so access was closed for six hours and was later reopened, managing to reduce the waiting hours from 24 to 14 .
It is expected that at some point between today and tomorrow it will be closed again to avoid leaving out thousands of citizens who would have to be kicked out after having patiently queued.
On Monday morning a group of soldiers will transport the coffin of the monarch from Westminster Hall, the oldest room in Parliament, to the military chest that will take it to Westminster Abbey, escorted by 142 members of the Royal Navy.
Behind the coffin, Carlos III, his two sons, Guillermo and Enrique, and other members of the royal family will walk.
At the end of the religious ceremony, at 11.58, there will be two minutes of silence throughout the United Kingdom in tribute to the deceased monarch.
Finally, the coffin will be moved in one last parade through central London and up to Wellington Arch.
A hearse will then take the coffin to Windsor Castle, where she will be laid to rest in St George’s Chapel alongside the remains of her husband, mother, father and sister.
Source: Ambito
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