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Queen Elizabeth II: Looking Ahead to the Funeral

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What to expect at Monday’s state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Adam chats to James Naughtie and Rachel Burden, who are both part of the BBC radio coverage of the day’s events, as the nation will say a final farewell to Britain's longest-reigning monarch. They’re joined by charity worker Ella Marks MBE who remembers the funeral of George VI and will be attending Monday’s ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Today’s episode was produced by Tim Walklate with Miranda Slade and Clare Williamson. Emma Crowe is the technical producer and Sam Bonham the assistant editor.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

Hello, in this episode of newscast, we're going to talk in detail about what's going to

0:08.6

happen at the State funeral for her Majesty Quinley's with the second on Monday and the

0:14.0

events that will follow it.

0:15.8

And also we're just going to give you a real kind of historical perspective around it as

0:20.6

well so that when you watch it, you're not just watching it or listening to it, you're

0:25.0

really, really living it.

0:26.8

At least that's what we want to try and achieve. But before we do that, we're going to get

0:30.8

another episode of Cues Round, as I'm calling it, that queue to go and see the Queen's

0:35.9

coffin lying in state in Westminster Abbey has become just a huge event in its own right.

0:41.9

It's raising loads of emotions.

0:44.0

There's some kind of logistical things around it.

0:46.4

And there are news stories about it too. Like, for example, when some eagle-eyed people

0:51.4

spotted that David Beckham had been in it for 12 hours.

1:15.2

And our tribute to all of you who've been queuing there is the newscast music, but with

1:20.6

people from the Elizabeth line.

1:23.4

Newscast from the BBC.

1:26.3

Just interesting to be a witness of history and to see Paddon True done at his absolute

1:31.0

best.

1:32.0

It was my moment, was my moment.

1:34.0

And that's what matters.

1:35.5

These people have been queuing for these hours and making this sacrifice of sleep and

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