Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday will follow an elaborate and precisely detailed plan — one the monarch will have signed off on herself. At its heart is the traditional Church of England funeral service, along with elements of military pomp and circumstance that find their roots in how Queen Victoria wished to have her funeral unfold more than a century ago. You can watch live coverage of the Queen's funeral starting at 5 a.m. "At its core, it will be a Church of England funeral service, and so those elements will be there," said Craig Prescott, a constitutional expert at Bangor University in Wales. Elton John plays a specially rewritten version of his song Candle in the Wind during the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales, at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 6, 1997.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2022 23:41 UTC