--- description: Aretha Franklin received a royal sendoff from across the pond before being laid to rest in Detroit. title: How the Queen Paid Tribute to the Queen of Soul image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c00021e0fc96c74/69893937656a3f5cf8bd55cf/changing-of-the-guard-aretha-franklin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [royals](/tag/royals/) ## royals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How the Queen Paid Tribute to the Queen of Soul by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 31, 2018 4:52 PM CUT  Spectators watch Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London, as another blast of hot weather is set to hit parts of the UK. Spectators watch Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London, as another blast of hot weather is set to hit parts of the UK.Kirsty O'Connor - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 31, 2018 4:52 PM CUT Aretha Franklin received a royal sendoff from across the pond before being laid to rest in Detroit. The Queen of the United Kingdom paid tribute to the Queen of Soul ahead of Franklin’s funeral by playing “Respect” during the [Changing of the Guard ceremony](https://www.facebook.com/ArmyInLondon/videos/vb.563338173729666/486188035178968/?type=2&theater "undefined") on Friday morning. The Band of Welsh Guards performed “Respect” in front of the Buckingham Palace for crowds that came to see the traditional Changing of the Guard. “In the Army Respect for others underpins all that we do, so there was only one tune that would do for today’s ceremony,” the British army on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/ArmyInLondon/status/1035517299128717312) Franklin’s [funeral](http://time.com/5383907/aretha-franklin-casket-arrives-ahead-of-funeral/ "undefined") at the Greater Grace Temple features a lineup of some of America’s most legendary singers and tributes from figures like former President Bill Clinton and Rev. Jesse Jackson. The ceremony follows a week of events to honor the late singer. Franklin died on Aug. 16 at the age of 76. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5384196/aretha-franklin-funeral-buckingham-palace-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5384196/aretha-franklin-funeral-buckingham-palace-tribute/"},"headline":"How the Queen Paid Tribute to the Queen of Soul","datePublished":"2018-08-31T16:52:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:38.242Z","description":"The Changing of the Guard showed extra 'Respect' on Friday","url":"https://time.com/5384196/aretha-franklin-funeral-buckingham-palace-tribute/","keywords":["royals","Newsfeed","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c00021e0fc96c74/69893937656a3f5cf8bd55cf/changing-of-the-guard-aretha-franklin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c00021e0fc96c74/69893937656a3f5cf8bd55cf/changing-of-the-guard-aretha-franklin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Summer weather Aug 3rd 2018","caption":"Summer weather Aug 3rd 2018","creditText":"Kirsty O'Connor - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/royals/","name":"royals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5384196/aretha-franklin-funeral-buckingham-palace-tribute/","name":"How the Queen Paid Tribute to the Queen of Soul"}}]}] ```