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16 wrz 2022 · Thousands of people have been queuing along the banks of the River Thames to view the Queen's coffin as she lies in state in London's Westminster Hall.
Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects. It traditionally takes place in a major government building of a country, state, or city.
Watch: Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state; Nick Robinson: The 'tap tap' amid the hall's silence
15 wrz 2022 · The historical significance of lying-in-state and what it meant to the late Queen. The late Elizabeth II was a nervous nine-year-old when she was taken to Westminster Hall to pay her respects...
14 wrz 2022 · But by the nineteenth century as undertakers began to acquire chapels of rest, the practice of lying-in-state became associated with royals and those in elevated positions in public life.
16 wrz 2022 · Watch: Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state. Nick Robinson: The 'tap tap' amid the hall's silence. I quickly pause to Google what happened when the Queen's father, George VI, lay in state 70...
Lying-in-state describes the formal occasion in which a coffin is placed on view to allow the public to pay their respects to the deceased before the funeral ceremony. Lying-in-state in the UK is given to the Sovereign, as Head of State, current or past consorts and rarely major public figures.
