Editing Lying in state (section)

==United Kingdom==
{{see also|State funerals in the United Kingdom|Vigil of the Princes}}
[[File:The Lying-in-State of His Late Majesty Edward VII in Westminster Hall LCCN2014688197.tif|thumb|right|The lying in state of King [[Edward VII]] in Westminster Hall, May 1910]]
In [[State funeral|state and ceremonial]] funerals in the United Kingdom, lying in state traditionally takes place in [[Westminster Hall]]. The body is placed in a closed coffin on a [[catafalque]] and is guarded, around the clock, by detachments from the following units:
* [[Sovereign's Bodyguard]]
** [[Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms|His Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms]]
** [[Yeomen of the Guard|The King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard]]
** [[Royal Company of Archers|The Royal Company of Archers, The King's Bodyguard for Scotland]]
* [[Household Division]]
** [[Household Cavalry]]
*** [[Life Guards (Britain)|The Life Guards]]
*** [[The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)]]
** [[Foot Guards]]
*** [[Grenadier Guards]]
*** [[Coldstream Guards]]
*** [[Scots Guards]]
*** [[Irish Guards]]
*** [[Welsh Guards]]
[[File:Lying in state westminster.png|thumb|Diagram showing the positions of the guards during the lying in state prior to a State Funeral - the cross is at the head of the coffin:<br>1: Household Cavalry or Foot Guards<br>2: Yeomen of the Guard<br>3: Gentlemen-at-Arms or Royal Company of Archers]]
There are differences between lying in state at a State Funeral, and that of a Ceremonial Funeral. At a State Funeral, the guard detachment consists of ten members, with six drawn from the Sovereign's Bodyguard and four from the Household Division. The four members of the Household Division, all of whom are officers, and who are drawn either from the two regiments of the Household Cavalry (one pair from each), or one of the Foot Guards regiments, form the 'Inner Guard'; they stand one each corner of the catafalque next to the coffin. The six members of the Sovereign's Bodyguard consist of four from the Yeomen of the Guard, and two from either the Gentlemen-at-Arms or the Royal Company of Archers, and form the 'Outer Guard'. The Yeomen of the Guard take position at the corners of the dais on which the catafalque is mounted, outside the officers from the Household Division, while the final two take position on the dais at the foot of the coffin. 

Each detachment stands vigil for twenty minutes, facing out from the coffin with heads bowed and weapons inverted. The Yeomen of the Guard maintain a constant presence throughout the period of lying in state, while the other units rotate every six hours.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news/household-division-stands-vigil-over-her-majesty-the-queen-s-coffin/ |title=Household Division stands vigil over Her Majesty The Queen's coffin |date=15 September 2022 |publisher=British Army |access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> At a Ceremonial Funeral, such as [[Death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|that of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], only the Inner Guard stands vigil, with detachments of four from each of the ten named units at their post for twenty minutes, and units rotating every six hours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/09/15/twenty-years-on-the-differences-between-queen-elizabeth-and-queen-mother-lying-in-state/ |title=Now and then: the differences between Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother lying in state |last=Murphy |first=Neil |date=15 September 2022 |website=The National |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref>

On three occasions, the guard has been [[Vigil of the Princes|mounted by four members]] of the [[British royal family|royal family]]. At the lying in state of [[George V|King George V]] in 1936, the guard was mounted by his four sons [[Edward VIII|King Edward VIII]], the [[George VI|Duke of York]] (future George VI), the [[Henry, Duke of Gloucester|Duke of Gloucester]] and the [[George, Duke of Kent|Duke of Kent]]. For [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]'s lying-in-state in 2002, the guard was mounted by her four grandsons, the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] (future Charles III), the [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Duke of York]], the [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Earl of Wessex]], and [[David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley|Viscount Linley]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Grandsons hold vigil as public files past| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/apr/09/queenmother.monarchy2| date=9 April 2002| first=Stephen| last=Bates| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London}}</ref> All Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s children took guard at 19:40 BST on 12 September 2022 at the lying-in-repose at [[St Giles' Cathedral]], [[Edinburgh]]. During this vigil, [[Anne, Princess Royal]] became the first woman ever to stand guard.<ref>{{cite news |date=2022-09-12 |title=Queen's children perform Vigil of the Princes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-62883215 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=BBC News |language=en}}</ref> As part of the late Queen's lying in state in London, at 19:30 BST on 16 September 2022, her four children stood vigil for the second time.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62934405|title=Royals hold sombre watch over Queen's coffin| work=BBC News| first=Alex| last=Therrien| date=16 September 2022| access-date=16 September 2022}}</ref> The Queen's eight grandchildren held a vigil the following day on 17 September 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-16/queens-grandchildren-to-hold-vigil-at-her-coffin-with-duke-of-sussex-in-uniform |title=Queen's grandchildren hold vigil at her coffin with Duke of Sussex in uniform |date=17 September 2022 |work=[[ITV News]]}}</ref>

The tradition of lying in state in the United Kingdom dates to the [[Stuart period|Stuart]] sovereigns in the seventeenth century.<ref name="metro">{{cite news |title=Lying in state: A royal tradition which dates back to the 17th century |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/15/lying-in-state-a-royal-tradition-which-dates-back-to-the-17th-century-17384347/ |first=Sam |last=Corbishley |date=15 September 2022 |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |location=London}}</ref> The first British monarch to lie in state in Westminster Hall was King [[Edward VII]] in 1910, apparently following [[William Ewart Gladstone|William Gladstone]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite book |last=Range |first=Matthias |date=2016 |title=British Royal and State Funerals: Music and Ceremonial since Elizabeth I  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn1FDAAAQBAJ&q=gladstone%27s |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |page=277 |isbn=978-1-7832-7092-7}}</ref> [[Queen Victoria]] requested that she should not lie in state  but after her death at [[Osborne House]] on the [[Isle of Wight]]  was given a semi-private lying in state for family and servants to pay their respects.<ref name="metro" />