Big Ben

2022 - 9 - 20

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Big Ben tolled every minute for 96 minutes — once for every year of ... (CBS News)

Big Ben had a continuous presence in the background of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. The iconic clock, which is part of the Palace of Westminster ...

From there, they synchronized the chimes of Big Ben with the Reacting to Big Ben's famous toll would mean being a stroke too late," the army said. "It was very, very crude actually the way it was done but that was the only thing we could do." Big Ben had a continuous presence in the background of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. The retired clockmaker, who is now 92, said the head of London Dent, which made Big Ben, counted down the seconds for the next chime. At that time, the bell was manually struck by a team that included Ron Witty, BBC News reports.

Big Ben 'fixed' after it fails to mark minute's silence due to technical ... (Evening Standard)

“We will be testing the bell again later tonight and are confident that it will not affect the tolling during the state funeral procession.” Big Ben is due ...

I’d already been round once, I went in at 1:15 this morning. Members of parliamentary staff and, finally, Black Rod Sarah Clarke were the final people to pay their respects after the last of those who had queued had been through Westminster Hall. It comes as the final mourners have paid their respects to the Queen lying in state in Parliament’s Westminster Hall.

Big Ben failed to bong after the minute's silence for the Queen (INSIDER)

There is a huge military operation to ensure Big Ben bongs correctly for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday.

The tower itself is called the Elizabeth Tower. "At the stroke of 12.15 p.m. [article](https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/09/army-signallers-ensure-queens-funeral-runs-precisely-to-the-chimes-of-big-ben/) on Friday on how the army is working hard to ensure Big Ben chimes as expected.

For whom the bell tolls: Iconic Big Ben's role in Queen Elizabeth II's ... (Hindustan Times)

Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral: A British cultural icon, the Big Ben will have a major role to play in the Queen's state funeral as well. | World News.

[Westminster Abbey,](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/why-queen-s-youngest-son-prince-edward-didn-t-shake-hands-with-mourners-101663569340612.html) Big Ben- the striking clock at the north end of the [Westminster Palace](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/queen-elizabeth-ii-s-funeral-5-points-on-the-monarch-s-coffin-procession-101663573095897.html) has a major role to play in the monarch’s funeral. [Big Ben](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/the-state-gun-carriage-and-its-leading-role-in-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-funeral-101663576927917.html) will also toll once kicking off a national two-minute period of silence which will be widely observed across the UK. [Queen Elizabeth II's](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/queen-of-jordan-s-tribute-to-queen-of-the-world-elizabeth-ii-101663577989552.html) coffin was transported from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, where it laid-in-state. The famous clock tower which was also renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of [Elizabeth II ](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/queens-much-loved-horses-trained-to-hear-sobbing-to-lead-funeral-procession-101663578753643.html)was built in 1859 and designed by Augustus Pugin. A British cultural icon, the Big Ben will have a major role to play in the [Queen’s ](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/rare-english-oak-lined-with-lead-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-decades-old-coffin-101663572605849.html)state funeral as well. Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral: A British cultural icon, the Big Ben will have a major role to play in the Queen’s state funeral as well.

Big Ben BONGS for the Queen... after fears it could stay silent (Daily Mail)

Hundreds of thousands of people have lined the route from Westminster Abbey after the state funeral, which left King Charles III in tears. The Queen's coffin, ...

There was a hush from the crowd in Whitehall, as the funeral procession moved past the Cabinet War Rooms, the Cenotaph and Downing Street. Big Ben was meant to toll to mark the beginning of the National Moment of Reflection at 8pm last night, and once more at 8.01pm to mark its end. A small crowd of people in the queue for the Queen's lying in state stopped near London Bridge and bowed their heads to observe the national minute's silence. Prince Andrew and Prince Harry did not. Officials at the Houses of Parliament launched an 'urgent' investigation into the famous bell - which is housed in the Elizabeth Tower, named after Her Majesty in 2012 during her Diamond Jubilee - after it failed to strike at the start of last night's minute's silence after fears it could stay silent: Elizabeth Tower chimes start of coffin procession... But Big Ben did chime 96 times - to mark the former sovereign's age - this afternoon as the coffin was taken on a gun carriage from Westminster Abbey Members of staff at the palace bowed and curtsied both at the coffin and members of the royal family as they made their way past. Officials at the Houses of Parliament launched an 'urgent' investigation into the famous bell - which is housed in the Elizabeth Tower, named after Her Majesty in 2012 during her Diamond Jubilee - after it failed to strike at the start of last night's minute's silence. As the Queen's funeral procession moved past the Cenotaph in London, the King, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex saluted the memorial to Britain and the Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars. Big Ben BONGS for the Queen... - Big Ben failed to toll to mark the start of the one-minute silence at 8pm last night

Big Ben will bong for the Queen's funeral, Parliament insists (Telegraph.co.uk)

The Great Bell is due to play a major part in proceedings, tolling 96 times to mark Queen Elizabeth's age.

A Parliament spokesman said: "Big Ben failed to strike at 8pm [last night] as planned. Big Ben had been meant to toll to mark the beginning of the National Moment of Reflection at 8pm on Sunday and the bell was supposed to strike once to mark the start of the minute's silence and once more at 8.01pm to mark its end. Big Ben will sound during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Parliament's authorities have insisted, after the Great Bell failed to ring on Sunday night for the minute's silence for the late Monarch.