The Associated Press looked at some of the numbers, facts and figures related to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, at the end of ten days of national mourning.
In addition to being watched by millions of followers around the world, the state funeral is expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands of people who have lined the streets of London.
The agency presents a series of figures from several events after the Queen’s death at the age of 96, on September 8 this year, after 70 years in power.
2,000 people, the number of dignitaries and guests who will attend the state funeral at Westminster Hall, from King Charles III and other members of the royal family to world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, to the British Those who helped the war. Corona epidemic
800 guests will attend the ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
5,949 is the number of military personnel who will be deployed to secure the elaborate ceremony that began with the Queen’s death on September 8 at Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands. This number consists of 4,416 soldiers, 847 naval officers and 686 air force personnel, as well as approximately 175 members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1,650 soldiers will take part in a formal procession to carry the Queen’s coffin from Westminster to Wellington Arch after her funeral. When the casket arrives in Windsor, thousands more will line the streets of the procession route, 410 soldiers will take part in the procession, 480 soldiers will line the streets, 150 honor guards and 130 others will perform other ceremonies. .
More than 10,000 police officers will handle the “extremely complex” policing task – the largest in London’s policing history – more than the police force that provided security for the London 2012 Olympics.
One million people are expected to visit the capital on Monday, Transport for London officials will run around 250 extra rail services to move people into and out of the city.
There is a 8 km long line in front of the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall and a huge line that stretches from the Houses of Parliament along the south bank of the Thames to Southwark Park.
125 cinemas will open their doors on Monday for the live broadcast of the funeral.
2,868 diamonds along with 17 rubies, 11 emeralds and 269 pearls sparkle in the royal tiara that sits on the Queen’s coffin.
Two minutes of silence at the end of the funeral in Westminster.
Finally, the casket rests after days of witnessing a glorious, blessed and guarded ceremony, and the casket is made of oak wood.
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