Teixeira to represent Guyana at Queen’s funeral

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira will represent the Guyana Government at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom.
She is also slated to attend a reception for Heads of Government and high-level officials attending the funeral, hosted by King Charles III.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), there will be a service at Westminster Abbey, cortege, and military procession across London, followed by a family ceremony at a chapel in Windsor Castle.
The Queen’s funeral is expected to be attended by 2000 guests. It will be a State funeral – typically organised for kings or queens. It follows rules of protocol, such as a military procession and a period of lying-in state – currently underway at Westminster Hall.
The abbey is a historic church, where the Queen’s coronation in 1953 was held. It is also the venue where she married Prince Philip in 1947.
President Dr Irfaan Ali has declared Monday, September 19, as a National Day of Mourning in sympathy and solidarity with the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations, over the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
According to the proclamation signed by the President, all authorities, boards, commissions, corporations, public agencies, Ministries, and citizens are asked to fly the National Flag at half-mast.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 last Thursday, reigned for 70 years. The Queen’s passing marks the end of an era, President Ali said last Thursday when Buckingham Palace announced her death.
With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, leads the country as the new King and Head of State for 14 Commonwealth realms.
Queen Elizabeth II’s tenure as Head of State spanned post-war austerity, the transition from empire to Commonwealth, the end of the Cold War, and the UK’s entry into – and withdrawal from – the European Union.
Her reign spanned 15 Prime Ministers starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and concluding with Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975, who was appointed by the Queen earlier last week. Her death comes just over a year after her husband, Prince Philip died at the age of 99.