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Elizabeth II is expected to be buried after ten days of national mourning, but King Charles will explain the official plans after a meeting with the Lord Marshal (earl marshal).
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 taken to Edinburgh on Friday morning where various ceremonies will be held before the remains are taken to London, according to ABC News.
According to The Guardian, salutes, a minute’s silence and the new king’s first audience with the prime minister are expected in Britain on Friday.
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 BBC.