The service was simulcast on a number of networks including BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News. ITV along with ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4. and Sky News and Sky Sports. Earlier it was revealed that at least 250,000 people joined the huge queue for the Queen’s coffin which has been in state for four days in London’s Westminster Hall in Parliament. Culture Secretary Michelle Donnellan gave the number the morning after the nation’s longest-reigning monarch was buried at Windsor Castle. Image: Royal family during service Ms Donelan said her department was still “crunching the numbers” but believed it was around 250,000. About 100 presidents and heads of government joined the 2,000-strong congregation at Westminster Abbey, which included US President Joe Biden and his wife Gilles, French President Emmanuel Macron, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudo. Image: Members of the media outside Westminster Abbey on the day of the State Funeral Tens of thousands of mourners flocked to London and Windsor to watch the state funeral, as well as catch a glimpse of the coffin and the royals as they drove into King George VI’s Memorial Chapel. Read more: How will the Queen’s funeral compare to those of other world figures? The never-before-seen photo of the Queen has been released after the private burial in Windsor The Queen’s Coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised, reaching over 27 million in the UK and millions more overseas. The late monarch’s funeral was the first state funeral held in Britain since Sir Winston Churchill’s in 1965.
