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The service will pay tribute to the Queen's "remarkable reign", Buckingham Palace says.

The full state funeral for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch takes place at 11am at Westminster Abbey, London

Selection is rooted in the traditions of past royal funerals - with subtle nods towards the Queen’s own musical tastes and loyalties

LONDON (AP) -- Here is the order of service for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, which will take place at 11 a.m. BST (6 a.m. EDT, 1000 GMT) in

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britains longest reigning monarch, will take place on Sunday at Westminster Abbey in London.

Before the service, the tenor bell is tolled every minute for 96 minutes, reflecting each year of Queen Elizabeth IIs life.

Coronation of Elizabeth II, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon,” and “Possessions and other Territories.” The ceremony was presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, London. Although Elizabeth had ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, on Febru...

Coronation of Elizabeth II, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon,” and “Possessions and other Territories.” The ceremony was presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, London. Although Elizabeth had ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, on Febru...

The Toronto of my youth was a city transitioning from what one wag labelled a "quaint Presbyterian backwater" - a city that used to chain down the park swings on Sundays so that nobody could play on them - to the multicultural, though unaffordable (!) metropolis that it is today. If Sundays were somewhat restrictive, even oppressive, they were also peaceful and contemplative. The best of Healey Willans music reflects this aspect of repose. We will hear one of his numerous Missa Brev...

We pay tribute to the leading British organist, composer and choirmaster, who was publishing music right up until the end of his life