Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts.
Guards escort the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London on Wednesday.All funeral services in the U.K. have been canceled on Sept. 19, the day Queen Elizabeth II is set to be buried.While some families are opting to postpone or reschedule services set for the day of the queen’s funeral, Sept. 19, there has been no countrywide cancellation order for private funerals on that day.
Terry Tennens, chief executive of the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors, and Deborah Smith, a spokesperson for the National Association of Funeral Directors, both confirmed that there was no countrywide call for cancellations.
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