Currently, Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, Duke of Norfolk, holds that title, and thus has responsibility for arranging state funerals.
When the British monarch died on Thursday at the age of 96, her son automatically became king, according to the British court. She died in Scotland’s Balmoral, and her body is expected to be flown to Edinburgh on Friday morning where various ceremonies will be held before the remains are flown to London, according to ABC News.
According to The Guardian a salute, a minute’s silence and that the new king will hold his first audience with the prime minister on Friday are expected in Britain.
On government websites in Great Britain, black mourning banners with the death notice have been posted, and the flags in the country and in the rest of the Commonwealth have been lowered to half-mast.
In the United States, the country’s president visited the British embassy in Washington DC to fill out a condolence book.
— We take care of you all. She was a great lady. I’m so glad I got to meet her, Biden told the ambassador, according to the report BBC.