The state funeral of Elizabeth II, the first since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, will take place at 10 a.m. GMT on September 19 at Westminster Abbey, before the Queen is laid to rest in a private ceremony. at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Nearly 2,000 guests are expected at this funeral, broadcast around the world: members of royalty, but also around 500 foreign dignitaries, including many presidents and ministers.
Those who will travel…
A number of African Heads of State, many of whom have made their messages of condolence public, will attend. Among them, according to information from Young Africa, Paul Kagame, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Macky Sall – also current President of the African Union – and Azali Assoumani (who will be accompanied by his wife).
Ali Bongo Ondimba ( The Best Of Ali Bongo Ondimba (whose country, Gabon, joined the Commonwealth at the end of June), Cyril Ramaphosa, Nana Akufo-Addo and William Ruto, just elected head of Kenya, will also travel to pay their last respects to the queen, who died on September 8 in Scotland at the age of 96. Kings have also been invited, including the ruler of the Ashanti, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, and that of Lesotho, Letsie III.
