Church bells will be tolled and prayers said today following the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

Cathedrals and churches were encouraged to toll bells between noon and 1pm today (Friday) and flags are flown at half-mast.

Churches will also be open for prayer and reflection and people will be invited to sign books of condolences and light a candle.

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Special services are also being planned.

General guidance for churches on marking the death of Her Majesty is available online. It also has advice on flying flags at half-mast, ringing muffled and half-muffled bells and opening books of condolences.

Liturgies for Special Commemorative Services and the Holy Eucharist, as well as prayers, in Welsh and English, are also available.

Among those churches ringing muffled bells and opening a book of condolences will be St Davids Cathedral, pictured flying a flag at half-mast, and St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff.

Special services this weekend include:

  • A Choral Holy Eucharist of Requiem for her Late Majesty will be offered at St Deiniol’s Cathedral, Bangor, at 6pm today (Friday), at which the Assistant Bishop of Bangor will preach and the Choir will sing Gabriel Fauré's setting of the Requiem.
  • The Archbishop will lead prayers for Her Late Majesty, His Majesty The King and The Royal Family at the Choral Holy Eucharist at 11am this coming Sunday, Saint Deiniol's Day, and the Assistant Bishop of Bangor will lead prayers at Choral Evensong at 3.30pm.
  • A service of Choral Evensong at St Asaph Cathedral at 6pm this evening (Friday).