Buckingham Palace has released the Orders of Service for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral and committal service on Monday. The public pays tribute to the Queen.
The funeral service will be steeped in royal tradition and "pay tribute to The Queen's remarkable reign and lifetime of service as Head of State, Nation and Commonwealth."
The state funeral will conducted by the Dean of Westminster at Westminster Abbey, starting at 11 a.m. (6 a.m. ET), with the Archbishop of Canterbury giving the Sermon and Commendation. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, will read the first Lesson, while the UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, who the Queen appointed just two days before her death, will read the Second Lesson.
To represent each year of the Queen's life, the abbey's Tenor Bell will be tolled once a minute for 96 minutes before the service.
The Queen's great-grandchildren Prince George and Princess Charlotte will form part of the royal family procession behind the Queen's coffin as it is carried into Westminster Abbey. As the coffin is moved inside, the Choir of Westminster Abbey in the Nave will sing the Sentences -- lines of scripture set to music which have been used at every state funeral since the early part of the 18th century, the palace said.
During the service, a specially commissioned choral piece inspired by the Queen's "unwavering Christian faith" will be performed by the choir. "Like as the hart" is a setting of Psalm 42 by the Master of the King's Music, Judith Weir, which will be sung unaccompanied.
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