It has been confirmed the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday, September 19.

The state funeral will be marked by a public holiday - as confirmed by King Charles III earlier today.

The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am, Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk confirmed.

The former monarch's body is due to leave her Scottish retreat of Balmoral - where she passed away on Thursday - tomorrow morning.

The Queen’s oak coffin – which is lying in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle – will be taken by road to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday, on a slow six hour journey by hearse, to allow mourners gathered in the towns and villages to pay their respects.

On Monday, the coffin will be taken from Holyroodhouse in procession to St Giles’s Cathedral where it will lie at rest until Tuesday September 13, before being taken by air by RAF plane to London.

Buckingham Palace said: "On the afternoon of Tuesday, the Queen's coffin will travel from Scotland by Royal Air Force aircraft from Edinburgh Airport, arriving at RAF Northolt later that evening. The coffin will be accompanied on the journey by the Princess Royal.

"The Queen's coffin will then be conveyed to Buckingham Palace by road, to rest in the Bow Room. On the afternoon of Wednesday September 14, the coffin will be borne in procession on a gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, where the Queen will lie-in-state in Westminster Hall until the morning of the State Funeral.

"The procession will travel via Queen’s Gardens, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square and New Palace Yard.

"After the coffin arrives at Westminster Hall, the Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct a short service assisted by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, and attended by the King and members of the royal family, after which the lying-in-state will begin.

"During the lying-in-state, members of the public will have the opportunity to visit Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen."

When the lying-in-state period ends, the coffin will lead a procession to Westminster Abbey where the service will take place.

Following the service, the coffin will travel to Wellington Arch and then on to Windsor before her final resting place in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.