Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II is being laid to rest in a state funeral on Monday (19 September). The late monarch's funeral began at 11am, ...

ALL eyes are on the Queen’s funeral as the nation bids farewell to the country’s longest-serving monarch. The order of service for her funeral has been revealed – including music chosen by the Queen.

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One of the things the baby boomer generation has introduced into the liturgical sphere is the “celebration of life” service. That’s quite unfortunate. A “celebration of life” points to a dead person.

Traditional favourites are squeezed out as mourners opt for more personalised tributes Hymns have been completely squeezed out of the top ten musical choices at funerals, with mourners instead opting ...

Queen’s funeral credited for hymns’ revival while Time to Say Goodbye replaces You’ll Never Walk Alone at No 1 Hymns are back among the most popular funeral songs, boosted by the queen’s funeral, ...

They were previously a given of any funeral: a religious musical farewell to mark the end of a peron’s life on earth. Now traditional hymns are being ditched at funerals in favour of pop hits by ...