British Royal News says that Buckingham Palace has announced that a period of royal mourning will be observed from today until seven days after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth. The palace said royal mourning will be observed by members of the royal family, royal household staff and representatives of the royal Household on official duties, together with troops committed to ceremonial duties. Here’s what you need to know.
According to reports, Royal Salutes will be fired in London this afternoon in Hyde Park by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at the Tower of London by the Honorable Artillery Company, with one round being fired for each year of the queen’s life. Royal residences – including The Queen’s Gallery and the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, and The Queen’s Gallery in Edinburgh – will close until after the funeral.
Here’s What You Need To Know About The UK’s Official Mourning Period Following Queen Elizabeth’s Death
Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, the queen’s private estates, will also close for this period. Hillsborough Castle, the monarch’s official residence in Northern Ireland, will also be closed. Guidance has been issued to members of the public who wish to leave floral tributes at royal residences.
Mourners at Buckingham Palace will be guided to lay floral tributes at dedicated sites in Green Park or Hyde Park, with flowers left outside the gates of the palace being moved to the Green Park floral tribute garden. At Windsor Castle, floral tributes can be left at Cambridge Gate on the Long Walk, and these flowers will be brought inside the castle every evening and placed on the Castle Chapter grass on the south side of St George’s Chapel and Cambridge Drive.
At the Sandringham Estate, members of the public are encouraged to leave floral tributes at the Norwich Gates, while at Balmoral Castle floral tributes can be left at the main gate. The date of the funeral has yet to be confirmed.
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