By one estimate, as many as 4 billion people could be watching as the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II takes place on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). As many as 750,000 people are predicted to travel to London for the state funeral and pay their respects as the queen lies in state, per the UK’s Guardian.
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Among those waiting in line for 12-plus hours to pay their respects was David Beckham. The service at Westminster Abbey is likely to be among the biggest single ceremonial events staged in the U.K. since World War II.
Coverage
ABC News coverage will feature on-the-ground reporting led by World News Tonight anchor David Muir with 20/20 co-anchor Amy Robach, chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell, senior national affairs correspondent Deborah Robert and foreign correspondent James Longman in London, correspondents Maggie Rulli in Scotland, and Lama Hasan and Will Reeve in London as well as royals contributors Omid Scobie, Robert Jobson, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Victoria Murphy, and Ailsa Anderson.
Good Morning America will have coverage next week. As part of the season premiere, GMA3: What You Need to Know will broadcast live from London, with co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Robach covering the events following the queen’s passing and King Charles III’s ascension to the throne.
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Nightline will also feature coverage of the queen’s celebration of life with co-anchor Juju Chang’s life from London.
ABC News Radio is offering live anchored coverage of all major events related to the queen’s passing. In addition, ABC News Radio is offering stations multiple status reports per hour as well as two ways with reporters and experts during morning and afternoon drives.
ABC NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, will be reporting live from London with multiplatform reporters Ines De La Cuetara and Faith Abubey and reporter Patrick Reevell.
BBC America
The network will air the funeral live and uninterrupted starting at 4 a.m. ET on Monday.
Additionally, the network will air the special “A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen,” featuring special interviews with her children and those who have worked with her and public figures, starting at 8 p.m. ET the evening before. There will be an encore of the special at 11:30 p.m. ET.
CBS News
On Monday, CBS Mornings co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will anchor a CBS News Special Report live from London covering the state funeral. The special coverage will air on CBS and live stream on the CBS News Streaming Network. CBS News special coverage will also feature CBS News Royal Contributors Tina Brown, Julian Payne, Roya Nikkhah, Amanda Foreman, and former BBC Royal Correspondent Wesley Kerr.
Comprehensive coverage will be featured across CBS News & Stations’ broadcasts and platforms including CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath, and CBSNews.com.
CNN
CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper will be live from London for CNN’s special live coverage on Monday beginning at 5 a.m. ET. They will be joined by Christiane Amanpour, Max Foster and Richard Quest in London, and Don Lemon.
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