Order of service for committal at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

A service of committal will take place at St George’s Chapel on Monday afternoon for Queen Elizabeth II following her state funeral in the morning. It will feature rituals which symbolise the end of her reign.

The service will take place at 4pm, a few hours after the state funeral at Westminster Abbey. There will be a congregation of 800 people including the King, the royal family, realm prime ministers, governors-general and mourners from the Queen’s household past and present.

The Queen’s coffin will be driven from London to Windsor in the state hearse and make its way up the Long Walk, which will be lined with members of the armed forces. The King and other royals will join the procession on foot behind the hearse in the castle’s quadrangle, with the Queen Consort, the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Sussex and the Countess of Wessex following by car.

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be at the service after attending the state funeral at Westminster Abbey.

During the service, which will be conducted by Dean of Windsor David Conner, the Imperial State Crown, the orb and the sceptre will be lifted from the Queen’s coffin by the Crown Jeweller, separating the Queen from her crown for the final time. With the help of the Bargemaster and a Serjeant of Arms, the Crown Jewels will be passed to the dean who will place them on the High Altar.

At the end of the last hymn, the King will step forward and place the Grenadier Guards’ Queen’s Company Camp Colour – a smaller version of the Royal Standard of the Regiment – on the coffin. The Grenadier Guards are the most senior of the Foot Guards regiments and the Queen was their