The thanksgiving service to be held for the life of the queen at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday will be preceded by hymns including “Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts” and “Salvator mundi.”
Singer Karen Matheson will sing a psalm in Gaelic and readings will be made by the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Most Rev. Leo Cushley and Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Prayers will be also read by Morag Mylne, an Elder of the Church of Scotland, and Samuel Nwokoro, a Commonwealth student from Nigeria.
The service will be sung by the cathedral’s choir conducted by the Master of the Music Michael Harris, and the organ will be played by Jordan English. The service will conclude with the national anthem “God Save the King.”
Final preparations were underway at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh Monday ahead of the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin.
King Charles III will lead a royal procession behind the coffin as it is transported from Holyroodhouse, the queen’s official palace in the Scottish capital, to the cathedral. It will then lie at rest there until Tuesday, before being moved to London.
Britain’s new king and Camilla, the Queen Consort, appeared in Parliament earlier Monday, where they received condolences from lawmakers.
Prince Harry released a statement honoring the life of his grandmother and paying tribute to her “unwavering grace and dignity,” which he said “remained true throughout her life and now her everlasting legacy.”
King Charles at Westminster Hall, where he addressed lawmakers
King Charles addressed parliament on Monday, saying he was “resolved” to follow his mother’s “example of selfless duty.”
Britain’s new monarch said he was “deeply grateful” for condolences received by lawmakers following his mother’s death. He said the messages of sympathy “so touchingly encompass what our late sovereign, my beloved mother, the queen, meant to us all.”
Of his mother, Charles said: “While very young, her late majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government, which lie at the heart of our nation.”
“This vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion,” he said. “She set an example of selfless duty, which … I am resolved faithfully to follow.”