The State Funeral and burial ceremony for the late Queen Elizabeth II concluded the national mourning period that spanned 11 days following her death.
Throughout the mourning period, all British institutional buildings around the world have had their flags flying at half mast; that includes embassies, consulates and other institutions that represent the United Kingdom in the world.
One notable exception is the flags on royal residences, which will remain at half mast for another week until the end of the royal mourning period.
It is expected that working members of the Royal Family, as well as staff at all residences and armed forces personnel committed to ceremonial duties, will not carry out any official duties and will observe the extended mourning period, which is expected to end at 8 am London time on Tuesday, 27th September 2022.
The end of the national mourning period means, most importantly, that governmental activities can resume and parliamentary proceedings can be carried out; this is essential, as Britain currently faces a cost of living crisis as well as a big rise in energy bills in the coming weeks.
Plans to tackle this were put forward by the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, the day after she was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II following the resignation of Boris Johnson. Because it was labelled as an urgent bill, it was technically allowed for Parliament to discuss it even during the national mourning period.
Now, however, work can kick into high gear as the United Kingdom braces for a winter that has the potential for being a difficult one because of soaring energy prices and an increasingly looming cost of living crisis..
