The Queen's State Funeral is expected to be the biggest global TV event in history
Floral tributes and message in books of condolence have been made daily across Lincolnshire and Newark, and now there's an estimated 4.1 billion wanting to tune in to the Funeral
It's estimated that 4.1 billion people will tune in to the Queen's State Funeral on Monday, the 19th of September, which would make it the biggest global TV event in history. That would eclipse other broadcasting records, including the live 8 concerts, Charles and Diana's wedding and the 1996 Olympics.
The Queen's State Funeral- which was made a bank holiday following her majesty's passing- and will be broadcasted and is expected to be the biggest global TV event in history.
The Funeral takes place on Monday the 19th of September, at Westminster Abbey, where the coffin will then travel in procession to Wellington Arch, transferred to a hearse and taken to Windsor.
A private burial will take place later that evening.
READ MORE: Tributes paid to the Queen across Lincolnshire and Newark
Newark and Sherwood District Council Chairman, Councillor Sue Saddington says that Sunday will be an important day for many:
"As we've seen how her body was taken to Edinburgh Castle, and then it was brought down to Buckingham Palace, I think it means everything. We haven't seen a state funeral like this, possibly since the Queen mother's and that was 20 years ago, so a lot of people haven't seen a State Funeral."
Newark will not be screening the funeral at any locations, but in Lincolnshire there are a few such as the Lincoln Cathedral.
2.5 billion people watched Diana's funeral in 1997. According to experts, this broadcast of the Queen's Funeral will be watched by 4.1 billion people.
Chairman Councillor Sue Saddington added that the Monarchy mean a lot to people:
"Whenever there's anything royal; out go the bunting, out come the napkins and the paper cups. Everything comes out, everyone wants to celebrate and the good thing, I suppose, is it doesn't matter what's happening within the world or the country at that particular time."
READ MORE: Charles officially declared King across Lincolnshire and Newark
A service, supported by the District Council will take place on Sunday the 18th of September at Southwell Minster, a place that the Queen once visited for the Maundy service.
It was the Queen's only visit to the district in 1984, where the Queen received a silver goblet to mark the centenary of Southwell Diocese.
Councillor Sue Saddington says she has seen the Queen twice, both times at Garden Parties in the Queen's Gardens. She tells us what her majesty meant to her:
"I think she's been a constant presence, I think she's been exceplery in the way she's lived her life, she has devoted her life to service. She has been somebody to admire, to hold as many of those principles as she held, obviously not everyone will hold all those principles, but she has been a person who you can admire and follow. Her dignity and everything about her; her poise and of course many people comment on the lovely clothes that she had, the beautiful colours, the hats with all the flowers in them, she's been wonderful… wonderful."
If the 4.1 billion people do tune in, it will exceed the current record, set in 1996, when boxer Muhammad Ali opened the Olympics in Atlanta.