Britain's late monarch Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday after a state funeral attended by world leaders and a historic final walk through the streets of London.
Britain's longest-reigning monarch died last Thursday at the age of 96 at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her health has been failing for the past one year, and she has been gradually withdrawing from the public eye.
The last time a state funeral was held in the UK was in 1965, after the death of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill.
At that time, when the coffin with W. Churchill's remains was being floated down the Thames River by a barge, lifting cranes were lowered to honor the deceased, which once unloaded the war trophies of the huge British Empire, which Elizabeth inherited.
