Knaresborough business "honoured" to make flag for Queen's coffin
Flying Colours Flagmakers have been manufacturing flags for the Royal Household since 2000
Last updated 16th Sep 2022
North Yorkshire's going to play an important part in the Queen's state funeral on Monday.
The flag that's currently draped over her coffin, known as the Royal Standard, was made in Knaresborough.
Andy Ormrod owns Flying Colours Flagmakers and explains "It is very sad but equally people can see the flag that we made on the coffin is a glorious piece of work and we are incredibly proud and honoured to have done this piece of manufacture.
The family owned company was granted a Royal Warrant by Her Majesty in 2007 and has manufactured flags for the Royal Household since 2000.
Mr Ormrod says "Our business, we manufacture flags for joyous occasions all the time. and yet this one, it's a different way but we are incredibly proud to be a part of it."
Westminster Abbey in London will host 2,000 people for the funeral on Monday 19th September, including world leaders and foreign royals.
They will gather at the Royal Hospital Chelsea and "travel under collective arrangements" to the abbey, the Earl Marshal said.
Some 800 people, including members of the Queen's Household and Windsor estate staff, will attend the committal service afterwards at 4pm in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
On Monday morning, the doors of Westminster Abbey will open at 8am as the congregation begins to take its seats, three hours before the service begins at 11am.
The King will follow the coffin ahead of the funeral
The King will once again lead his family in marching behind the Queen's coffin when it is moved, at 10.44am on Monday, from Westminster Hall, where it has been lying in state, to Westminster Abbey for the Queen's funeral service.
He will walk with Anne, Andrew and Edward, and behind the quartet will be the Queen's grandsons Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales.