Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1926 to 2022
Plymouth is joining the rest of the country and the Commonwealth to mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
As a mark of respect the flags on Council buildings and key city landmarks will be flown at half-mast until after the state funeral on Monday 19 September.
The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Sue Dann, said: “Today is an extremely sad day as we mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Most people in Plymouth will only have ever known a time when Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne, so to lose our longest reigning monarch is incredibly sad."
Books of Condolence
Books of Condolence are available to sign at the following locations from Friday 9 September:
• St Andrew’s Church
• The Council House
You can sign the books from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and from 10am to 4pm, Saturday to Sunday, until the day after the Queen’s funeral.
Books of Condolence will also be at the following libraries during normal opening hours:
• St Budeaux Library (Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm)
• Southway Library (Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm)
• Plympton Library (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm)
• Plymstock Library (Tuesday 9am to 5pm, Wednesday 9am to 6pm, Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm)
A book is also available at the Royal British Legion Club, Crownhill on Monday from 6pm to 10pm, Tuesday to Friday from 11am to 2.30pm and from 6pm to 11pm, Saturday from 11am to 11pm and Sunday from 12pm to 10.30pm.
You can also sign an online Book of Condolence here.
Floral tributes
We understand that you may want to lay flowers as a tribute to The Queen.
We have set aside the grassed area outside St Andrews Church for people to lay floral tributes.
The Lord Mayor and civic leaders laid the first flowers outside the church on Friday morning.
Proclamation
Our new sovereign King Charles III was formally proclaimed at a ceremony in London on Saturday 10 September.
The new king was formally declared to the people of Plymouth at the local proclamation by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth on Sunday 11 September. You can watch a video and view images of the event on our proclamation page.
The Queen and Plymouth
Her Majesty was welcomed in Plymouth, both as a Princess and a Queen, many times. One of her most special visits to the city was when she opened the Civic Centre in 1962. This was a milestone in the rebuilding of Plymouth after the devastation of the Blitz.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth also unveiled the sundial in Plymouth city centre in 1988 with Prince Phillip to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Armada celebrations.
You can see archive images and film clips of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth during some of her visits to the city on The Box website. Visitors to The Box will also be able to see images and footage in the Media Lab, Photo Album and Active Archives galleries.
Responses from civic leaders
Civic leaders have expressed their sadness at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.