By one estimate, as many as 4 billion people could be watching as the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II takes place on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.m.
BST (3 a.m. PT). As many as 750,000 people are predicted to travel to London for the state funeral and pay their respects as the queen lies in state, per the UK’s Guardian.
Among those waiting in line 12-plus hours to pay their respects was David Beckham. The service at Westminster Abbey is likely to be among the biggest single ceremonial events staged in the U.K.
since World War II.See the coverage plans for news networks in the U.S. and the UK below, along with a livestream of the event.Ahead of the service, the queen’s lying in state at Westminster Hall will end at 6:30 a.m.
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