SIX of the UK's largest pub, bar and restaurant chains have announced their venues will stay open for the Queen's funeral on Monday.
The longest-reigning British monarch died on Thursday aged 96.
Her majesty's state funeral has been declared a bank holiday by King Charles and a number of retailers and businesses have already decided they'll close their doors.
But a number of pub, restaurant and bar groups have announced their doors will stay open.
The Stonegate Group, which operates over 330 pubs and bars, has said all its venues will remain open so members of the public can watch the funeral "where possible".
A group spokesperson said: "The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is a momentous and sombre occasion.
"We send our deepest condolences to the Royal Family at this sad time.
"Our Managed pubs, bars and venues remain open and, where possible, will show the funeral on Monday 19 September to honour her life and service."
The spokesperson added across the groups Leased and Tenanted estate its pub partners would make their own decision on staying open.
Greene King, which runs 2,600 pubs in the UK, said the majority of its venues will stay open.
A company spokesperson said: "Our pubs are a place for communities to come together, so all of our pubs in central London and most of those with televisions across the country will be open throughout Monday showing HM Queen Elizabeth’s funeral service.
"For those pubs and restaurants that don’t have televisions, such as our casual dining venues, we’ll be opening after the service.
"Customers are advised to contact their local pub to confirm opening times as these could be subject to change."
The pub chain will open selected venues on Monday, it has announced.
Some Wetherspoons pubs in London will open at 8pm and close at midnight on Monday.
But most of the chain's 851 pubs will open later than usual.
Pubs outside of London will open after the Queen's funeral at around 1pm.
Mitchell and Butler, which runs around 1,700 pubs, restaurants and bars, including Harvester, All Bar One and O'Neill's, said all its venues will stay open on Monday and showing the funeral "where possible".
Customers are urged to check their local pub or restaurant for opening times.
The hospitality business which runs Premier Inn and Beefeater has confirmed all its restaurants and hotels will stay open as usual.
The pizza chain of takeaways is closing its stores on Monday morning.
However, from 12pm all stores will reopen after the funeral ceremony has finished, a spokesperson confirmed.
Pizza Hut's restaurants will open on Monday, but from 2pm as a mark of respect.
Pizza Hut delivery stores will also open from the same time.
A company spokesperson said: "As a mark of respect, and to enable our teams to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our Pizza Hut Restaurants will delay opening until 2pm on September 19th.
"From 2pm onwards, Huts will all be operating business as usual, apart from our London-based Huts (Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Marble Arch, Strand) which will be extending the buffet offer until close."
The Sun has approached Just Eat, KFC, Nando's, Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Burger King, Starbucks, Frankie and Benny's, Bella Italia, Five Guys, Papa Johns and Young's to find out if they'll be open on Monday and we'll update this story when we know more.
It comes after a number of retailers said they would be closing their doors next Monday.
Tesco is to closes all of its large stores so staff can pay their respects.
The supermarket giant said its express stores will be open until 5pm except for a small number of express stores in Central London and Windsor that will be open throughout the day.
Asda is closing all its stores from midnight on Sunday, September 18, to 5pm on Monday.
Meanwhile, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, Morrisons and Iceland have all announced at least partial closures.
A number of clothes stores said they would close as well, including Zara, Next, Primark and Poundland.
The Queen's funeral is to be held at Westminster Abbey from 11am on Monday.
Heads of state, prime ministers and presidents and key world figures from public life are expected to be there.
The event will see a procession take place seeing the Queen's body taken from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral will be held.
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