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Businesses and companies across the UK will either close or have limited services on bank holiday Monday, September 19th. However, many people are wondering how this will effect the Royal Mail alongside other postal delivery services.
Bank Holiday Monday, September 19th
The short answer is no, there will not be any post on bank holiday Monday.
Monday, September 19th 2022 has been declared a bank holiday for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles III approved the holiday in his first meeting with the Privy Council at St James’s Palace while Penny Mordaunt, the acting Lord President of the Council, read out two draft statements that the day should be a bank holiday in England.
Businesses and organisations will be closed on the day of the new bank holiday. As a result, postal services will be somewhat delayed because drivers may not be working that day.
Taking a closer look at each postal provider we try to determine if they will be open on the bank holiday.
Will there be post on bank holiday Monday?
No, there are no services that will still be operating their postal or postal delivery services as usual on bank holiday Monday.
Please find more detail per company below.
Royal Mail
Royal Mail delivers and collects your mail on most days of the year, including Saturdays. However, they don’t usually deliver or collect on bank holidays and public holidays.
As well as their connection with the royal family we are certain that Royal Mail we are certain that Royal Mail will suspend services on bank holiday Monday.
Is the Post Office open today during the Queen’s funeral?
Post offices across the UK will be closed today due to the bank holiday. As well as the suspension of Royal Mail services.
Simon Thompson, Royal Mails chief executive, announced in an official statement that “services will be suspended on the day of the funeral as people come together to honour Her Majesty, after 70 years of exemplary service to the nation and the Commonwealth.”
Evri
Currently, Evri delivery hours do include Saturdays, but not on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
However they offer a tool where you can know where your parcel is and when it will be delivered which will hopefully be the next day.
DPD
During Bank holidays there will be no deliveries from DPD.
Despite the slight delays with parcel deliveries, DPD should aim to deliver your parcel the next working day.
Yodel
Yodel does not make deliveries on bank holidays.
Yodel’s delivery times are usually from 7am to 9pm on Monday to Friday. That is, delivery should resume as usual the next day.
In other news, The Queen’s 45-minute funeral procession will end at Wellington Arch
