Here is a chronicle of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, including her final days and the aftermath of her death at the age of 96 after more than 70 years on the throne.
– September 6th –
The Queen receives Boris Johnson at her private retreat in Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands to accept his resignation as Prime Minister.
Shortly thereafter she asked Liz Truss, the new leader of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, to form a government as Prime Minister.
– 7th of September –
Her final public statement as Queen of Canada is a message of condolences to the victims of a deadly knife shooting spree in Saskatchewan.
The Queen is withdrawing from an online meeting of the Privy Council’s formal advisory body.
“After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty accepted the doctors’ advice this afternoon to rest,” Buckingham Palace says.
– September 8th –
Prince Charles flies to Balmoral, arriving at 10:30am (0930 GMT).
Buckingham Palace will issue a statement at 12.30pm saying doctors are concerned for her health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision.
“The Queen stays comfortable and with Balmoral,” it said.
Truss is notified of her death at 4:30 p.m.
Her death will be publicly announced at 6:30 p.m.
“The Queen died peacefully in Balmoral this afternoon,” the statement said.
Her daughter Princess Anne has been with her for the past 24 hours.
After her death, her eldest son immediately becomes King Charles III.
– September 9th –
King Charles and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, travel from Balmoral to Buckingham Palace in London, where they greet mourners at the gates.
The King meets Truss and pays tribute to his mother in a TV show.
He renews her promise of lifelong service and pledges to uphold British constitutional principles.
He makes his eldest son Prince William the Prince of Wales.
Senior politicians attend a service at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral. The ceremony will see the first official singing of “God Save The King” since 1952.
– September 10 –
King Charles is officially proclaimed the new monarch in a ceremony in London.
A 21-gun salute is fired across the country.
In a rare show of unity, the King’s warring sons Prince William and Harry and their respective wives Catherine and Meghan view the floral tributes outside Windsor Castle.
– September 11 –
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin is driven from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, the monarch’s official residence in Scotland. Anne accompanies the funeral procession.
– 12th September –
King Charles addresses both Houses of Parliament at Westminster Hall in London.
The King and Queen fly to Edinburgh.
A procession brings Queen Elizabeth’s coffin to St Giles’ Cathedral. Her four children march behind the hearse.
Members of the royal family attend a service celebrating their lives.
Charles addresses the Scottish Parliament.
The first of 33,000 mourners pass the coffin in the cathedral. For about 10 minutes, Queen Elizabeth’s children post the guard around her coffin.
– 13.september –
The King and Queen fly to Belfast.
The King meets with Northern Ireland lawmakers and makes a speech. He shakes hands with Irish President Michael D Higgins at a service at St Anne’s Cathedral – the first foreign head of state to meet the new king.
Charles returns to London.
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin is flown from Edinburgh to London in a military transport plane, accompanied by Anne. It is then driven to Buckingham Palace.
– September 14 –
In a procession from Buckingham Palace, the coffin is carried on a carriage to be laid out in Westminster Hall.
The first in a steady stream of people, which will continue through September 19, line up past the coffin to pay their last respects.
– September 15 –
The first details of the burial plans are laid out by Earl Marshal, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
After the funeral on September 19, Queen Elizabeth will be interred at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle along with her husband Prince Philip, her parents and her sister’s ashes.
– 16th September –
King Charles is greeted by a large crowd in Cardiff. The former Prince of Wales makes a speech in English and Welsh to the Decentralized Welsh Assembly.
In London, the Church of England’s new Supreme Governor, who is assuming the title Defender of the Faith, is telling religious leaders that he sees it as his sovereign “duty” to protect other faiths as well.
Charles and his siblings guard the coffin in a solemn tradition known as the Prince’s Vigil.
– 17th of September –
Queen Elizabeth’s eight grandchildren, aged 44 to 14, led by William and Harry in their military uniforms, hold a vigil around the coffin.
Charles and William make an unscheduled visit to greet the people waiting in line.
Charles meets his Prime Ministers from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
– September 18 –
US President Joe Biden pays his respects at the coffin and praises Queen Elizabeth’s service thinking.
Charles holds a reception for visiting Kings and Heads of State at Buckingham Palace on the eve of the funeral.
At 8:00 p.m. there will be a national silence in memory of Queen Elizabeth.
