Major Lanarkshire stores to close doors to mark Queen's funeral

Main retailers throughout Lanarkshire have introduced they are going to be closing their doorways subsequent week to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

The late British monarch handed away peacefully at Balmoral Fortress on Thursday, September 8.

Her funeral has been organized for Monday, September 19 at 11am, which has now been formally designated as a financial institution vacation by King Charles III.

Following the announcement, a number of main retailers and supermarkets introduced a change to their regular working hours as a mark of respect for the Queen.

Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi might be closing for 4 hours between 10am and 2pm.

Whereas Tesco have confirmed that greater shops might be closed on the day of the funeral and smaller Specific retailers will open from 5pm. On-line orders from Tesco is not going to be fulfilled on this present day.

Jason Tarry, Tesco UK CEO stated: “We wish to specific our deepest condolences to the Royal Household, in addition to our gratitude to Her Majesty The Queen for her unwavering service.

"On Monday, September 19, to ensure that our colleagues to pay their respects, our massive shops might be closed all day and our Specific shops will stay closed till 5pm.”

John Lewis, Waitrose and Primark have all confirmed they are going to be closing their doorways for all the day.

Lidl, Poundland, Argos, Dunelm and B&Q have grow to be the newest big-name retailers to announce they are going to be closing their doorways to all branches and different providers on Monday, September 19.

This will even embrace Argos shops situated inside Sainsbury's.

DIY retailer B&Q additionally introduced that they are going to be quickly suspending their click on + acquire and residential supply providers on September 19.

The DIY chain Tweeted: "As a mark of respect for the State Funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and to supply our colleagues the chance to pay their respects, we have now taken the choice to shut all our UK shops on Monday, September 19."

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