Leaders from around the globe are set to descend on London for the Queen's state funeral later at this time as safety is beefed up throughout the capital.
Royals, Presidents and Prime Ministers will land within the UK over the weekend forward of the state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19.
US President Joe Biden was one of many first international leaders to substantiate his attendance at what is predicted to be one of many largest police operations in London for the reason that Olympic Video games in 2012.
Senior politicians from across the UK, together with Prime Minister Liz Truss and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, are anticipated to attend the 11am service.
Invitations to the Queen's funeral haven't been despatched to Russia, Belarus and Myanmar, whereas Iran will solely be represented at an ambassadorial stage, Whitehall sources mentioned.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced earlier at this time he can be taking ten bizarre residents with him to the funeral.
Writing on Twitter, Albanese mentioned that, on prime of inviting Australia's heads of state, Buckingham Palace had prolonged the invitation to 10 Australians for his or her "extraordinary contributions to their communities".
Albanese's announcement of the unique invites comes after he confronted a backlash from the enterprise and healthcare sectors for declaring a one-off financial institution vacation to mark a nationwide day of mourning for the Queen.
He introduced on Sunday that Australia will observe a financial institution vacation on September 22 following the monarch's funeral on September 19.
Nonetheless, the information rapidly drew criticism from healthcare professionals, retail and enterprise teams who mentioned the short-notice nature of the financial institution vacation will trigger big disruption for them.
Which world leaders are attending the funeral?
- Australian PM Anthony Albanese
- Austrian PM Alexander Van der Bellen
Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina
- Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah
Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk
- Canada PM Justin Trudeau
European Council President Charles Michel
European Fee President Ursula Von Der Leyen
- Finland President Sauli Niinisto
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- German President Frank-Walker Steinmeier
- Hungarian President Katalin Nova
Indian President Droupadi Murmu
- Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Irish President Michael D Higgins
- Israeli PM Isaac Herzog
- Italian President Sergio Mattarella
Jordan's King Abdullah
Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah
King of Lesotho Letsie III
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein
- Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
- New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
- Latvian President President Egils Levits
- Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda
- Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh
- Poland's President Andrzej Duda
- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol
- Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Ortiz
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesingh
- Trinidad and Tobago President Paula-Mae Weekes
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish royal households can even attend
What's a state funeral?
A state funeral is a uncommon honour and is usually reserved for the sovereign. The one monarch to not be given a state funeral within the final 295 years was Edward VIII, who abdicated.
State funerals have, on uncommon events, been held for distinguished figures together with Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill.
The final state funeral within the UK was Churchill's in 1965. The final state funeral for a sovereign was for the Queen's father, George VI, in 1952.
Who pays?
State funerals are publicly funded and are the duty of the Earl Marshal and the Faculty of Arms. These large-scale occasions observe strict guidelines of protocol, held to honour folks of nationwide significance.
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