What happens next? Day by day following the Queen’s death

ITV News' Royal Editor Chris Ship explains how the Queen's coffin will travel through Scotland

The Queen has died and Charles has addressed the nation for the first time as the new King.

Plans for the aftermath of the Queen’s death, codenamed London Bridge, now incorporate Operation Unicorn, the contingency plans for her death in Scotland.

Thursday September 8 would traditionally have been D-Day or D+0 in the plan but the announcement came late in the day – at around 6.30pm – meaning Friday was considered as D+0 to allow the complex arrangements to be put in place.

Here is the day-by-day account of what is expected to happen next, leading up to the Queen’s funeral in around nine days.

The Queen's funeral date is now confirmed for Monday 19 September at 11am. The day was confirmed as a bank holiday in the form of a Day of National Mourning by King Charles III at his proclamation this morning.

D+2 – Sunday September 11

The Queen’s oak coffin currently lies in the drawing room at Balmoral Castle to allow staff to pay their last respects. A wreath of flowers lays on top and it is draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland. It is expected to be taken by road for a 6 hours journey to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The coffin is expected to arrive by 4pm. Staff at Holyroodhouse will also be given a chance to pay their respects.

Proclamations will be read in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved parliaments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.Proclamations will also be made around the nation.

D+3 – Monday September 12

The House of Commons and the House of Lords are expected to come together in Westminster for a Motion of Condolence, which King Charles will attend and make a speech at.Around 1245 the King and Queen Consort travel to Edinburgh. First they will inspect a Guard of Honour before attending the Ceremony of the Keys. They will then join a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to Saint Giles Cathedral.The King will then have an audience with the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.The procession is expected along the Royal Mile to St Giles’ Cathedral. There the Crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin and there will be a service and the Vigil of the Princes by members of the royal family at 7.20pm.The people of Scotland will be given a chance to pay their respects whilst the coffin lies in state at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.King Charles and the Queen Consort will spend the night in Scotland.

St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh Credit: PA

D+4– Tuesday September 13

King Charles will fly from Edinburgh to Belfast, heading to Hillsborough Castle when they land. There they will view an exhibition on the Queen's life.Whilst in Belfast they will meet the Secretary of State for NI and Party Leaders.King Charles will receive messages of condolence and make his reply to them.The King and Queen Consort will then visit St Anne’s Cathedral for a Service of prayer and reflection before later leaving Belfast for London.At 6pm the Queen's coffin will be flown from Edinburgh Airport to RAF Northolt. It will be accompanied by Princess Ann and will land at 6.55pm when it will be carried to an awaiting state hearse.The hearse will then depart for Buckingham Palace where its arrival will be witnessed by King Charles before resting in the Bow Room.

A rehearsal for the procession of the coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster will also takes place.

D+5 – Wednesday September 14

At Buckingham Palace the Imperial State Crown and Wreath of Flowers will lay on the Queen's coffin.There will be prayers infront of the King and members of the Royal Family before the coffin makes its way to Westminster Hall to begin Lying in State. The procession will include the King and members of the Royal Family and its route to Westminster Hall is expected to take in the Mall, Horse Guards, Whitehall, Parliament Sq, New Palace Yard. The procession will walk in silence.During the procession there will be gun salutes and Big Ben will toll before it arrives at Westminster Hall at 1500. There, the Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct a ceremony. After the ceremony the King and Queen Consort will return to Buckingham palace by car.From this point Lying-in-State will continue for four clear days, finishing at 6.30am on the morning of the state funeral on September, 19.During the Lying-in-State, members of the public will have the opportunity to visit Westminster Hall to pay their respects to The Queen.Hundreds of thousands of people will file past the coffin on its catafalque and pay their respects, just as they did for the Queen Mother’s lying in state in 2002.

The management of the queues outside is Operation Feather.

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Senior royals are also expected to pay their own moving tribute, standing guard at some stage around the coffin – the tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes.

D+6 – Thursday September 15

Lying-in-State continues and a rehearsal is likely to take place for the state funeral procession.

D+7 – Friday September 16 – Sunday September 18

King Charles III will visit Wales with further details expected to be released soon.Lying-in-State continues, ending on D+9. Heads of state begin to arrive for the funeral.

D+10 – Monday September 19

On the morning of Monday 19th September, the Lying-in-State will end and the Coffin will be taken in Procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will take place.

An aerial view of Westminster Abbey in central London. Credit: PA Images

The original plans are for the Queen’s coffin to process on a gun carriage to the abbey, pulled by naval ratings – sailors – using ropes rather than horses.

Senior members of the family are expected to follow behind – just like they did for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh.

The military will line the streets and also join the procession.

Heads of state, prime ministers and presidents, European royals and key figures from public life will be invited to gather in the abbey, which can hold a congregation of 2,000.

Mourners make their way along the Long Walk at Windsor Castle Credit: John Walton/PA

The service will be televised, and a national two minutes’ silence is expected to be held.

Following the State Funeral, the Coffin will travel in Procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch.

From Wellington Arch, the Coffin will travel to Windsor and once there, the State Hearse will travel in Procession to St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle via the Long Walk.

A televised Committal Service will then take place in St George's Chapel.

Later in the evening, there will be a private interment service with senior members of the royal family.

The Queen’s final resting place will be the King George VI memorial chapel, an annex to the main chapel – where her mother and father were buried, along with the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret.

Philip’s coffin will move from the Royal Vault to the memorial chapel to join the Queen’s.