Queen Elizabeth II funeral live updates

Britain says a final farewell to its iconic monarch
Billions around the world are expected to watch Monday as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch is laid to rest.

LONDON — Hundreds of world leaders and the last members of the epically long line of mourners have paid their final respects. Britain is now ready to lay to rest its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with billions thought to be watching around the globe to mark the end of a reign that defined an era.

The royal family joined 2,000 dignitaries at the state funeral after escorting the queen’s coffin to Westminster Abbey for an hourlong service of tributes and prayer, ending in a two-minutes silence and the singing of the national anthem.

King Charles III and his siblings, as well as the queen’s grandsons Princes William and Harry, will then join the solemn procession behind her casket and through the heart of the British capital, with huge crowds lining the streets.

Elizabeth will then make her final journey to Windsor, where she will be buried alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, just over a year after his death.