Overview

• Buckingham Palace said the Queen pulled out of Tuesday’s Westminster Cathedral service with “great regret” as she recovers from acute sinusitis.
• King Charles III is leading the royal party at the Requiem Mass, with the Prince and Princess of Wales in attendance.
• The service is the first Catholic funeral for a British royal in modern history, with the coffin to be taken to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore after the Mass.
• The Duke of Kent was informed of the change and conveyed his best wishes, and Prince Harry is not attending, having returned to the United States.
• Royal sources say the Queen hopes to be well enough to take part in President Donald Trump’s state visit beginning Wednesday, and she is resting after traveling from Scotland to Windsor.