Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: Further details of the Queen's state funeral announced including Royal Family's role

Further details have been announced for the Queen's funeral. Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, September 19, following four days of lying in state at Westminster Hall. Last weekend, the Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk confirmed that the Queen's state funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday.

It follows 10 days of national mourning, which is extended by seven days for members of the royal family. The day itself will also be a bank holiday, which King Charles III approved during the Accession Council on Saturday, September 10, in which he was formally declared king following his beloved mother's death.

Today, Thursday, it was confirmed that at 8am on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, the doors of Westminster Abbey will open for the congregation to begin taking their seats. Heads of state and overseas government representatives, including foreign royal families, governors general and Realm prime ministers, will gather at the Royal Hospital Chelsea and “travel under collective arrangements” to the Abbey, the Earl Marshal said.

READ MORE: LIVE updates as huge queues form to see Queen's coffin lying in state as Manchester welcomes royals

He added that other representatives of the Realms and the Commonwealth, the Orders of Chivalry including recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross, Government, Parliament, devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, the Church, and Her Majesty’s Patronages will form the congregation, along with further representatives from law, emergency services, public servants and professions, and public representatives.

Members of the British Royal Family who are not processing from Westminster Hall will have arrived at the abbey and been escorted to their