New details are being released about what to expect on Monday 19 September – Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
Day: 15 September 2022
The Queen will lie in state in London for four days ahead of her state funeral on 19 September.
Queen’s death: Day-to-day guide – Thursday’s key events
The Metro says Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde’s daughter Daisy joined her on set in a cameo role in the drama film.
The Metro says Lionel Messi has written his name into the history books yet again after netting the 126th Champions League goal of his career on Wednesday night.
The Metro says The family of a black man shot dead by police while he was unarmed say his criminal record didn’t give officers ‘the right to kill him’.
The Metro says Brooklyn Beckham and wife Nicola Peltz were once again living it up at New York Fashion Week, but this time enjoying a kiss in the audience rather than taking to the runway themselves – or rescuing photographers, for that matter.
The i says South West Water boss Susan Davy has more than trebled her annual salary with an award of more than £1m in bonus and benefits despite overseeing the closure of beaches after raw sewage was pumped into the sea around Devon and Cornwall.
The i says the end of the global Covid-19 pandemic is now “in sight”, the head of the World Health Organisation has said.
The i says England manager Gareth Southgate names his final squad for the last camp before he must decide who is selected to fly to Qatar for this winter’s World Cup.
The i says It was the same route down The Mall, the same London plane trees that struck a vivid green in the autumn sunshine, the same shadow cast on red asphalt by a gun carriage carrying a coffin.
The Guardian says Serena Williams says she “will not be relaxing” after playing what is likely to be her final competitive tennis match, and can now find time for “things that I’ve been wanting to do for so many years”.
The Guardian says Children are much more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to tobacco smoke when he was growing up, a new study has found.
The Guardian says Setting a new example in environmental corporate leadership, the billionaire owner of Patagonia is giving the entire company away to fight the Earth’s climate devastation, he announced on Wednesday.
The Guardian says The John Lewis Partnership slumped to a first half loss of £99m driven by soaring inflation, as the department store group warned a “uniquely uncertain” outlook in the run-up to Christmas would put the staff annual bonus at risk this year.
The Guardian says A fireball was witnessed crossing the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Wednesday, in what one astronomer described as an “incredible” sight.
The Metro takes a slightly different approach to the royal coverage with a front page story exploring the Queen’s crown on top of her coffin. The purple Imperial State Crown seen on the coffin in the pictures is different to the Crown of Scotland, which was placed on Her Majesty’s coffin while in Edinburgh.
The i looks at the “long goodbye”, with queues to view the Queen lying in state. Members of the public are now able to pay their respects over four days, with the i describing it as the nation’s “long goodbye”. The paper reports that tens of thousands of people lined the Mall and Whitehall to catch a glimpse of the procession.
The Guardian has a picture of the King following his mother’s coffin and also leads on a story about the occupation of Izyum in Ukraine.
The paper splits its front page with a haunting description of the Russian occupation of the town of Izium in Ukraine, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces last weekend.
The Prince and Princess of Wales appear on the front of the Daily Mirror, alongside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The paper reports on Prince William and Prince Harry taking part in the procession route – walking side by side on Wednesday.
The Daily Express leads with an image of the Queen lying in state, with mourners filing past. The paper highlights the scale and grandeur of the occasion, with the Queen’s coffin towards the bottom of an image that includes the magnificent hammer-beam roof of Westminster Hall.
“We share your pain”, reads the front page of The Sun, in a heartfelt message to the Royal Family as they join the rest of the nation in saying goodbye to the Queen.
All of Thursday’s newspapers focus on the start of the Queen’s four days lying in state.
The school attended by Liverpool shooting victim Olivia Pratt-Korbel have dedicated the day to her – ahead of her funeral today.
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