Queen Elizabeth did not want a \u0022long, boring\u0022 funeral.
The late monarch – who passed away at the age of 96 on Sept. 8 following a 70-year reign – is set to be laid to rest on Monday in an hour-long service, but the former Archbishop of York Queen Elizabeth did not want a “long, boring” funeral. has insisted that mourners will be “lifted to glory” as they attend or watch the funeral on television.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The retired Anglican bishop – who is said to have first seen plans for the Queen’s funeral Queen’s funeral back in 2005 when he became an archbishop and a member of the privy council – added that the service will be “heart-warming” and explained that Her Late Majesty had written to him personally following the death of her husband Prince Philip back in 2021 to explain that her “thoughts” would be with the Royal Family upon her own death.
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