Queen’s State Funeral Draws Global Leaders as UK Mourns Longest-Standing Monarch
- US President Biden, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito among dignitaries
- Funeral follows lying-in-state that drew thousands to London
Guests arrive to take their seats inside Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19.
Photographer: Jack Hill AFTP/Getty Images
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The evocative bugle call of the “Last Post” echoed around a hushed Westminster Abbey as Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral drew to a close -- a poignant mark of remembrance and gratitude for the UK’s longest-serving monarch.
After four extraordinary days in which hundreds of thousands of people queued for miles to pay tribute to the Queen at her lying-in-state in London’s Westminster Hall, Monday’s funeral and subsequent journey to her final resting place in Windsor were the last public moments for a woman who dutifully reigned over her country for 70 years.