China’s Vice President to attend Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, MPs expressed concern
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. China has announced this on Saturday. Vice President Wang Qishan will attend the funeral as the special representative of President Xi Jinping. In such a situation, a group of British lawmakers who have been banned by China have expressed concern over the invitation of the Chinese government for the funeral.
A lawmaker said the invitation should be canceled in view of the abuse and human rights violations of Uighur Muslims in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. A close aide of Xi, Wang was a member of the ruling Communist Party’s seven-member powerful Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017. During that time he took strict action on corruption. Wang was named vice president in 2018 and frequently attends events on Xi’s behalf.
Queen’s funeral will be held on 19 September
The Queen’s funeral will take place on 19 September at Westminster Abbey. Hundreds of heads of state are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. This day has been declared a public holiday in Britain.
President of India Draupadi Murmu will attend the funeral
President Draupadi Murmu will visit the United Kingdom to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. President Draupadi Murmu will visit London on 17-19 September 2022 to offer condolences on behalf of the Government of India.
Heads of many countries including the US President will be involved
US President Joe Biden will also attend the Queen’s funeral. At the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will also visit London.
When did the queen die
The Queen died at Balmoral Castle on 8 September at the age of 96. She was ruling Britain for 70 years. She was the longest reigning ruler of Britain. Britain got 15 prime ministers during his reign. Elizabeth II was the queen of not only Britain but of 14 other countries. After the death of II, his son Charles was made the new King of Britain. The Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She came here on summer break. Elizabeth became Queen in 1952 after the death of her father, George VI, when she was just 25 years old.
