The first guests have arrived at Westminster Abbey ahead of the late Queen’s funeral.
Pranav Bhanot and Nancy O’Neill arrived at Westminster Abbey just after 8am. A long-serving nurse, Ms O’Neill was recognised for her efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Bhanot, from Chigwell in Essex, helped deliver 1,200 free meals during the pandemic. Both are attending the funeral after being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The service will begin at 11am.
Before the service begins, the Queen’s coffin will be conveyed – in the first of three processions throughout the day – through Parliament Square, a distance of about 820ft (250m).
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex will once more walk side-by-side behind their father, the King, who will walk alongside his siblings, the Queen’s four children.
Two of the Queen’s great-grandchildren, Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, will also walk behind the Queen’s coffin in procession.
The State Gun Carriage will carry the coffin, drawn by 142 sailors. A guard of honour will stand in the square made up of all three military services, accompanied by a Royal Marines band.
The final people to attend the Queen’s lying-in-state paid their respects at Westminster Hall just after 06:30 – after four-and-a-half days and a queue which stretched as far as Southwark Park in south-east London.
A service of remembrance is taking place at Royal Hillsborough Fort in Co Down ahead of the funeral of the Queen.
The service features the Hillsborough Fort Guard, a ceremonial unit of warders dressed in navy tunics and white breeches.
Bugler Andrew Carlisle, who wears a scarlet tunic, sounded the call to begin the ceremony.
The Co Down village is home to Hillsborough Castle, the royal residence in Northern Ireland, and has been the focus of much of the outpouring of grief in the region since the death of the Queen.
Tens of thousands of people have visited Royal Hillsborough in the last 10 days, with many leaving floral tributes at the front of the castle gates.
A large screen has been erected on the lawn of St Malachy’s Parish Church where people will gather later to watch the funeral live.