is the queen's life counting down the minutes to this funeral state funeral service to you to begin at 11 o'clock in the morning 10 g m t i'll just hear us jane hall. joe hall, i'm sorry, are reporting live fat from westminster abbey in central london. and as jonah said that to a funeral to, to get under way in an hour from now the funeral service itself. the queen's coffin, though, will be moved from westminster hall to the abbey beginning in around 45 minutes. from now. you can watch it will live here on out to 0. ah, ah

. princess elizabeth alexandra mary windsor. she wasn't meant to be a queen. a twist of fate brought her to the throne of the united kingdom of fall that became king. when his brother, ed, with the 8th abdicated. she became queen elizabeth the 2nd in 1952 at the age of 25 perkins longest serving monarch reigned for an eventful 70 years in an ever changing world. hello, i'm adrian finnegan. thank you for joining us for an al jazeera special queen elizabeth. the 2nd, a final farewell. it is monday, the 19th of september 2022 at history is being made in the heart of lumped them. billions of people around the world will be watching a funeral ceremony. one of the most iconic figures of the modern world. and to take

us through that, my colleague nick clark is a westminster abbey, where the state funeral gets under way in less than an hour. we're also in new castle in the northeast to gauge the mood of a nation in morning and for new delhi, johannesburg. by robi and sydney, our correspondence would explain how the queen is being remembered in former colonies on james phase at which is their london headquarters in the shard. about a 1000000 people are expected to line the streets to pay their respects. among the mourners, kings, queens prime ministers and precedents. there's a massive security operation for the biggest gathering of international dignitaries this countries ever seen. james, for 1st let's head to westminster abbey, where nick clark will take us through what's happening now. and what's expected, nick? he up, it's a poignant and powerful day i had the day of high emotion, you know,

whatever you think of the royal family and this is still a go down in history is an extraordinary event. it's great unfolding of centuries and centuries of tradition and pageantry and history and so forth. across london, people have been coming into town, a 1000000 people transport for london say they're not here because have been kept out. but they're ramped up. ride along white whole wall scars at the mal, ready for the processional will take place after the funeral has happened, and nuttall proceed. run about 12 o'clock the mood yesterday. it's kind of joyful sort of anticipation now. it's much more somber and more circumspect as they look ahead to the events are about to happen. the high me that's the great west or westminster abbey. that's where the queen's coffin will come to serve a half an hour or so. at doors open at 8 o'clock, we will be arriving ever since most people have taken their seats already. that's a minute bell counting down the minutes, the years of the life of queen elizabeth to the start of the funeral and dead

people arriving as the bus is right there. people, guests arriving for the funeral service, a who's who world leaders, in fact, joe biden, to president macaroni king of spain, the german president, australia, eugene and canada, all their lead as a company will see them very soon. and this of course is where prince can kings and queens have been crowned for 1000 years, including the queen herself. and so to day 70 years on it comes full circle. the queen returns off through a life of duty to be remembered. let's bring in, eddowes said, historian and royal commentator at the scale of this is, is just mind boggling, isn't it? when the last, you know, of a monarch was hair, it was more than 200 years ago. so would have been working on to plan the preparation as you, as you rightly point, nick is, is mind boggling. the finding has gone into this has been years in the making. and what we are witnessing is the, is the result of that. this is if you like,

a final send off fit for the for the television queen. what they didn't have back in the 18th century was the kind of mass media that we have today. elizabeth, the 2nd as a rating moment was, was someone that was exposed to new kinds of media coverage. 1953 coronation was of course televised as well from this very building that we're looking at. and therefore, i think very fitting the we are here. it's a bit a final farewell in what is the 1st of its kind. we haven't had this kind of westminster abbey funeral ceremony for a modern british mom. and that is in the last 150 is. this is, this is quite unique in that respect. as a queen age, we all anticipated that this day would come now that it has have you'd be surprised by the level of engagement, the level of affection that's been shown i have,

i have been struck by certainly the number of people that have expressed an interest in the, in the life of the list for the 2nd some for the 1st time because of course, what she had as a money was intergenerational appeal. she meant something different to different sections of society. ready, depending on their age. but i was walking past the cue, the to the lying in state last night, and i saw young children probably 89 years old, keeping up with parents who wanted to pay final respects to this for the 2nd. so i am struck that this has this powerful into generation appeal. clearly different people from different sections of the country. different communities have also come to the day to participate in this important event. just going to jump in there for a 2nd. the president of united states said that the whole here people come, he's one of them and he has just arrived. that is the beast that is outside the abbey and will be getting out of the car at any 2nd person,

but in the course arriving. and then he went to the lion states yesterday and was seen to stand in front of the queen's coffin and crossed himself and. 1 now he is here, he's alongside the 1st lady as well. there's a present joe biden, coming out of the car, along with the 1st lady and heading into westminster abbey at. so i just, one final question is as we look ahead to the events of the day, huge amount of preparation, huge amount of hustle, huge amount of preparation. human, huge amounts of rehearsal, especially around getting these, these foreign dignitaries just seem present button arrive safely into the be safely into london. just given the huge amount of attention that we've got here, you know, he described list for the 2nd is putting the special in the special relationship between the u. k. in the usa. and i think that, that his presence here today really demonstrates the level of affection that he had

for elizabeth 2nd or i leave that amount. so it's you later as a things going as a prison biden makes his entrance into westminster. abbey, of course, is not just london where this greats outpouring of affection has been taking place . is that right across the country? let's head off to new cost, about 450 kilometers from the acid begging standing by acid. this gives a quick flavor of how things are there. well, in the north east of england, in this city, in newcastle, from time to put up a screen. so people can watched a funeral service throughout the day, and people have been paying the respects as war, veterans hair, remembering the queen and she did open the light center in this city back in 2000. and people have been fondly remembering when she opened that center a works on genetics and i've yet treatment and serves the ne, the football club head. newcastle united later wreath, the pears manager,

and fans paid their respects with a 2 minute silence. but they also put up pictures of when the late queen presented the football club with the f, a cup at wembley back in 1955. and the scenes night. this is marines going up. people coming together to remember her a, replicated across towns and cities across the northeast of the country with or i said thanks very much indeed for that. back with years as the day goes on, just to say what we're looking at here inside the abbey. of course, ahead of queen elizabeth his 2nd funeral were about 50 minutes away from that to president. joe biden has just arrived. a huge host of dignitaries already in their places and bus is still arriving. as i speak, bringing more guests and more global leaders and foreign dignitaries. okay, let's bring in our driver marquetto james phase who's a joins us now from a london headquarters. james,

given the sheer number of world leaders like joe biden, as i was just alluding to this is just been a security nightmares. yeah, to organize something like this security operation on this scale for 50 heads of state. and in addition to that, you've got are prime ministers, you've got ministers, you've got ambassadors and others. it really is a major undertaking that the police and the foreign office and the other authorities have had to do to get this in the time that they've managed to organize it. it complicates the logistics that many of these people were already supposed to be traveling at this time, making their way for the un general assembly in new york, which starts tomorrow. with me is christopher wilson, the royal biographer, author, and journalist christopher was seeing some of those pictures inside westminster abbey, very quickly. westminster abbey has been a place of worship 4000 years. there was a monastery on that site, but it's not been in recent years. the place where they have ro, funerals, no,

absolutely not. the last ra a funeral took place in westminster abbey was actually in 1760 king george the 2nd . and it was decided at that stage, but people wanted to have a small or a funeral for the monarch and keep it low key. now, of course it's the other thing it's, it's, it's become enormous the greatest event in post war history. watching the outside of the westminster abbey. and you're watching that, that the troops to the lined up here. it's worth reminding people that you see this pageant tree and was ceremony. but these are not special soldiers. they are normal soldiers. i am sure some of those that on her lined up to day served in war in recent years in afghanistan and iraq. that's absolutely right. they are hot and soldiers and actually that way they have to line the route and stand to attention for hours and hours on end. you have to be at up soldier to be able to do. these

are not 10 soldiers, toy soldiers that they are men of action and of course are what many of them were doing were act. they are undertaking their soldiers. jobs are at the moment when the queen died, they had to be hauled off the main job defending the country and put our dust on her ceremonial uniforms and turn themselves into what it is now look at them. they are amazing. god, am i to celebrate the last departure of the queen? and there they are lining the route and you see them around parliament square there . just give you some geography here at westminster abbey. you can see there that is parliament square. and where we are right now is in the shadow of the houses of parliament and the shadow of probably the world's most famous clock big ban which sits in what is now called elizabeth tower. one of the buildings already honoring the late queen. obviously from while she was to live. yes. really,

there is hardly you can't give the queen medals and, and jewels she's got them all. so you have to think of new ways to honor her. and m, you know, to name big benz tower in her name is a great day. and i, you know, these are the things that will remain down the centuries ahead to remind us of quinn, who is now departed. you're hearing some tolling every minute. that is not big ban that is the bell in westminster abbey. and i can tell you it's tolling 96 times before the funeral starts to mark the 96 years that the queen served. maybe let's look at the span of history of those 7 decades because she is now the queen of 15 countries, as well as the head of the commonwealth. when she took the throne, she was the queen in $32.00 countries and people around the world might not even be aware that she was the queen. in countries like nigeria,

she was the queen in pakistan for the 1st 4 years of her reign. and to add to that of course, pakistan. what is the, what was then pakistan because all bloody war in the 1970s split is also bangladesh, as well. quite remarkable how the war is changed. and also the fact that when she took the throne 1952, every one remembered world war 2. it was just a few years earlier. yes, she. she was in a way at an empress. she wasn't an empress with a crown on her head in this case because they are the countries of the commonwealth which were associated with britain after the 2nd world war and had there in independence. and but nonetheless, she was there, guiding force and she remained. the commonwealth was an absolute number one priority. as far as the queen was concerned to keep this body of nations together and something which she managed to achieve over as time goes on history changes.

and you have to accept the other nations, have different ideas about which way there destiny lies. we see the congregation there in a moment ago, the picture of president joe biden and his wife, the 1st lady, jill. they are waiting for the start of the service. let's tell you what we are expecting in the next 45 minutes or so because these things have been planned for decades, but they are planned to the absolute minute. we're going to see at about 35 minutes past the hour, about 25 minutes from now. the bearer party, which is going to go into westminster hall now westminster hall is that met evil hole that we've seen so much of in recent days, because it's where the coffin has been lying on the catapult and literally thousands and thousands of people of queued on that very, very long to through london to pay their respects to the queen,

the coffin will then be put on to the state gun carriage. the state gun carriage will then be pulled up by naval by naval ratings to the abbey. it's not a very long distance, but that pulling is part of the history of this and it comes, i think christopher from a a bit of a mistake in the past. so yes, so queen victoria's funeral and the horses of their household cavalry were dragging the gun carriage with queen victor on. and the traces broke. and there was a tremendous row between the man who's in charge of the the soldiers, when they were paris official came along said, can you get this fixed is about yes, course we're getting it fixed. but finally, somebody came up with bright idea because they didn't want to delay the procedure of getting the, the sailors who, aligning the route to form up in a line. and because the sailors, they've got rope and they were able to attach it. and so

a whole new tradition started of sailors pulling the gun carriage to its final resting place. and that's how a tradition or is made now is seeing among the dignitaries arriving the 1st ministers of scotland and wales. this is a united kingdom made up of 4 different nations, and they are clearly represented here. first minister of wales, of course, as a sign of the previous job that the new king had as prince of wales, the longest serving prince of wales for 64 years. he served in that job and no one has done that job for as long as that this give me your reflection on what it will be like for the king. i mean, we don't know to we, but what it would be like for the king today. i mean he, he's, he's, he's performed in the spotlight for the last 10 days, while grieving is mother. i think her,

the performance that her king charles has given in these last days has been absolutely remarkable. i think the, the, the one thing that stays with me, i think you are outside buckingham palace. when he arrived back in paris on 1st occasion came down from scotland. his duty was to go and meet his prime minister and shaker by the hand and say, oh we are now the team. instead of which he went out and spent a good 10 or 15 minutes, pressing the flesh meeting the people just all right, people standing there hoping that they would get the size of him. and this has been repeated again. subsequently i thought i was very touched to see that he went out to the bast queue of people waiting to come in to westminster hall and went again and thank them coming. this is a very different prince charles, a well king charles that we saw from prince charles. he's very much closer to the

people now, i think than he has been before. and of course, if you are starting something like a royal reign, the 1st impression really matters. we see the man who until a very short time ago, was the prime minister, horace johnson, arriving with his wife. of course, the very last act of the queen was that transfer. she did it and bow moral, which is not the normal place, but that transfer of prime ministers. and we're going to see, i think all of the former prime minister there are 6 currently are alive in the u. k, which i think is a record number of prime ministers who are still alive all 6 are now making their way into the abbey adrian gym. space there in london are correspondence around the world are preparing to were to tell us about how the rest of the world is viewing what's going on in london to day. we have for sarah clark in sydney and

how to matessa in johannesburg. but 1st let's head to india. probably metal is in new delhi for us, sir. as the united kingdom warns it's queen how is she being remembered that in india for many people in india, particularly the younger generation, she is of course the monarch off of one of in, of, in just formula. but for a lot of people, she's being remembered as a monarch of one of in just close a strategic allies and trading partners. and also someone was a bit of a global celebrity. you know, when queen elizabeth the 2nd, ascended the throne, india was a young, independent nation. so in many ways for both the queen anne india was a bit of a fresh start, went on the relationship building. and during her read the scene, ties between india and the u. k become closer when it comes diplomatic ties and

also trading relations. now during her time she came to india 3 times to remember. she was also the head of the commonwealth in days or a public, so never recognized as the queen, but is a member of the commonwealth. the one visit that people are really talking about is 1997th visit. this is her final visit to india, and it was significant for many reasons. one, it was when india was celebrating 50 years of independence from british rule. i was also a time when she of knowledge, one of the most painful chapters in cologne in history. and while about massacre in 1900, during a peaceful gathering of protest, british troops open file british authorities estimate hundreds of people about 3 to 400 people died. but indian authorities believe that the death toll was in the town . for many of the people then and now the fact that she visited the site acknowledged it. she also paid respect to mahatma gandhi, you know,

man who fought her father's rate actually. you know, this is seen as the closest thing in doubt would get to an apology. over the years that been concerted efforts to sort of we look at in just colonial history. now many symbols that remaining there was a colony for 200 years, many of the buildings. in fact, the one we're at right now cannot place. this is an important business and shopping district or bench by the british. but many of those buildings, the names have been changed, gave names have been changed, bathing have been reconstructed, and for many ha, dead as we ignited conversations about reparations. and the impact of colonialism as is probably natal reporting, live fat from new delhi in westminster abbey. we're seeing perkins surviving former prime ministers. so arriving to take that place ahead of the funeral service. a golden brown. tony blair. john major david cameron of orest

johnson. that's resume to queen elizabeth was of course, the head of the commonwealth, a group of $56.00 independent nations that include the republic, south africa of course, one of them. i was just curious how tarza is live for us in johannesburg at what's the mood that today? hello. it's very low key. some south africans are watching the funeral on. the tv sits at home or in cafes, but others are not. that could be have something to do with maybe colonial history either paint what history that button has with saw that for again, other african countries or those who are remembering her whole morning. her are remembering the times he visited this country like united what he stedman, as a young girl. she came with her family. that was a timeless segregation between the racism historian say, she quietly spoke about how she was unhappy with the way black africans were being treated in south africa. for example, they couldn't vote, they were treated badly,

they were, they were exploited. and then of course, after a pie tape, she had very good relationships with nelson mandela 1st black african president in south africa. they spoke funny, they spoke a lot that had a close bond with him today. the relationship with the manichean britain is that a trade aid and diplomacy? britain tried to cultivate that relationship, knowing very well that african leaders have trying to port relationship with countries such as india, china, and russia. her matessa, their life in johannesburg. let's go to another commonwealth country than austria, which is declared a public holiday on thursday from our queen elizabeth sir. awesome. sir. clark isn't simply what's the mood thus eric wilka, there's been millions of people paying tribute to the quain here in sydney at the opera house. we've bought in thousands of people go and look at the amazing images of the claim being screened across the sales of the upper house, and they paying tribute to the long standing commitment that the queen had with australia mutual aberration. her 1st trip was back in 1954,

not long after her coronation, a 7 and half 1000000 people turned out to see her. during this trip, she was a $58.00 day trip. she visited 68 towns and cities of a commitment was long standing and wide spread. she visited every stage in territory in australia during her 16 trips out to this country. other has 70 year ryan. now australia has a delegation. attending the funeral has been led by the italian prime minister anthony albanese, and included in that delegation of course is the governor general david hurley. and he's taken with him a group of recipients who are invited by the queen and isa an eclectic mix, including an educational pioneer, a chief medical officer, a long serving policeman and the strain of the dylan alcott said they are there as well as the victoria cross recipients who've been invited to attend by the queen, now should noticed that there's been a de longstanding debate about whether or not australia should become a republic. in 1999, you might recall it was overwhelming support for australia to stick with the monica

. so the tributes continue for the queen here in australia. sarah clark that live in city as a perkins. cupboard prime minister list trust hooks. that takes her place inside westminster. abbey let sir. and you and you back to were nick clark, who's, who's outside the atlantic? yes, the guests and keep on coming, coaches arriving as you sailors trust the british prime minister has just arrived. interesting because of cools. remember she was the last primary so that the queen accepted the anointed as prime minister before she died. there was a picture 2 days before she died. in fact with the queen as we can frail but as, as any magic smile as she is greeting let's trust. and if you think of it, the queen herself, she used to like to quote winston churchill. he said the father back could you look the father forward you can see. and the queen, her 1st prime minister was winston churchill. he was born in 1874. and his truck is

just walked in here. was born in 1975. it's more than 100 years that span music story amount of time from the time of square rigged sailing ships of the crazy world that we live in today at. let's bring back an eta is our role historian, and this is a thing it, isn't it? the queen sadly, takes with her a huge wealth of knowledge to the grave. yeah, she does is absolutely right she. she had a crude last experience or political knowledge from her interactions, weekly audiences with the prime ministers. and not something that we all going to lose that, that contact with what feels like a distant past. the 2nd world war and notably back key figure in modern british history. winston churchill it's curious to know how this connection with the british people that visit this woman of cliff vowels. her jewels and palaces a headscarf,

a 1000000 miles from the ordinary people of britain. and yet everybody somehow had this 1000000 connection with her a. why is that her? why is this out for your promotional and and affection for the late queen? while i think there are a couple of reasons which explained elizabeth seconds enduring popularity, as you rightly say. people have often expressed concern about the vast wealth and privilege and power that the members of the british royal family have. and yet, i think 3 defining a legacy rate as really of let's put the 2nd helped elaine, and offset concerns within the public about that wealth and privilege. first of all, she emphasized throughout her life this narrative of self sacrifice, duty and service. people saw her essentially putting the good of the nation, the good of the british public and the commonwealth ahead of her own personal fulfillment. that was a powerful narrative which essentially help come to this idea that being royal

isn't necessarily enviable. it's actually quite a, quite a challenging position to inhabit. secondly, she was, of course, the perfect constitutional and certainly the most perfect example we've had today. and that she didn't, after a political opinion, she kept her abuse close to her chest. this meant the people from across the political spectrum could identify with no matter their own political views. and finally, i think the longevity of, let's put the 2nd has been key to her success as monica. and we've already spoken about this into generation appeal, but many foot, but for many people, she was the british monarchy. she was the she was the institution. and in that respect, i think it's because we're lacking these. why is this guy so so indeed, as we watch the mortgage arriving, we've seen the adjuster to the canadian p. m. arrive alongside his wife, i believe just just into our dern the new zealand prime minister has arrived as

well as the guests coming thick and fast. we've got and what, another half hour or so until the funeral itself takes place. and just a reminder, what the next thing we're expecting to happen is for the estate gun carriage to go to westminster hall. this is just a short walk away from here and the queen's coffin, which as we all know, as we lie in state since last wednesday, will be born on to the gun carriage a minute. i think it's 1042 precisely. the local time begun carries will be brought here and to the west door of westminster abbey, and then take him inside. and then her proceedings will get underway. ed just coming back to this concept of the prime ministers and her political role, which of course was disguised at all times, but never let she did play a very important she was an important diplomatic tool for the pin. absolutely, the elizabeth a 2nd was an important diplomatic too. she exercised soft power. we know that

international relations isn't just about military strength, economic strength, technological power, source, about personality, having personalities, engage with other heads of state, other foreign diplomats of the other foreign leaders is absolutely key and lose. but the 2nd was the was sort of the consumer professional when it came to her role as, as number one. as brings number one chief diplomat, she, she grease the wheels of diplomacy. and you know, we've heard tribute over the last year back of the time the platinum did leave a president and manual macro described to the golden thread that connected the u. k . and france over the last 7 years. and that despite the fact that the recently, british french government capital, right, what he was alluding who's the fact that she is the and as you are just going to jump in there a 2nd, i just want to explain what we're seeing on our screen right now. everybody in

a 2nd at the say we're looking down the model and the kids come on his ways just left bucking, pallets and voice on roots to the be now are low with the rest of the roof. i'm, you know, be writing shortly for the break distance from where he is now to this point here. it controls, of course, after his mother's life described to the cherished sovereign and much loved mother making c. i'm looking down the street comparatively flushing like a big rank of police motorbike to i'm sure they'll be with us very soon while we wait for them in terms of the way charles is performed in these haiti days since his mother. it's extraordinary. with james earlier about, just the difficulty that he would have to try and grieve and yet to carry on in this way. and how important is this kind of the closure of this message to be able

to then take on the mental of his monitor. it's certainly the case that even today, which still in this period of transition, ultimately if you like the, the chapter in this, this part of the history of the modern monkey will not be closed until we see the, the new king crime. i think he hasn't really put a foot wrong over the last 7 to 10 days that have been some criticism, leveled him for things regarding in parts and that sort of thing. but actually i think i was thinking moving was his 1st address. his 1st king speech 2 fridays ago when he spoke about his mother's legacy spoke warmly and affectionately of her commitment to duty to service. and then he talked about what kind of vision of monarchy he had. he talked about how he wanted to emulate her model, her example, and how he would also look to see if he reconciliation with family members like

prince harry, whether currently use some tension. so it was really interesting hearing that an acceptance. i think his school for the period of his already right elizabeth, the 2nd herself said that the relationship between the monarch and subjects is one of the great just or the intimacies. and i suppose that's just something well, you don't used to it over the years, but he's gonna have to deal with that more and more. now he's k. absolutely. and we know that as prince of wales, charles was not always the most popular. frontline, royal figure. but what we have seen over the last week and a half is a king who wants to present a public image, demonstrating that he's comfortable interacting, intimately on a personal level, being accessible in relation to his, his subjects. and i think that that's one included and rightly so he's, he's democratizing mana key by,

by engaging with them on this more horizontal level. and i think that's maybe an important indicates roof of where it is the king charles the 3rd wants to take the money all this is packing tree and pilgrimage that we've been seeing over the last few days. it's not rational mystically when you think of it. but yet, people is wholly moved by and across the world, even if you're not particularly engaged with them. want to keep people are fascinated by how do we explain it all as well for more than 100 years, 9 social psychologists have talked about the importance of, of ritual in modern political systems. the importance of cetera ceremony pageantry as something creating a focal point that brings people together in a kind of emotional communion. anybody knows he's been to a great music console who's sung in church. the being part of the great to whole of

a wider community can have a powerful and emotionally enriching effect. and i think one of the successes of monarchy is that it's really capitalized on that desire to be possible wide, a human communion. and we've seen an over 150 years modern royal spectacle evolve like the one we're seeing today. which brings large sections of the public together to pay homage to this institution of monarchy that is so central to british national life. that thanks for that would be a little bit later. see the grandchildren, the queen have been arriving. going to take you back to a james base from africa to study by london. h q. nick, we consider continue to see they are the queen consort, making her way with with the grandchildren of the king, making their way to westminster hall were seeing pictures both of westminster hall

and westminster abbey. just to remind you as we see there, the meghan, the duchess of sussex, remind you what is going to take place westminster hall is where the coffin is on the catapult and soon will be carried in the procession and brought to where the pictures were seeing. now, westminster abbey, where we're seeing other dignitaries continue to arrive. we're seeing and foreign kings and queens making their way to westminster abbey ahead of the service, which starts now in just over 20 minutes time. the funeral service for the queen, members, the royal family, senior members, the royal family. they will follow in a procession behind the coffin as it's brought into westminster abbey, a very moving moment when it enters this very ancient place of religion. we see members of the royal family, some of the minor members, the royal family arriving now. a princess beatrice there who is the son of the

queen's us. so the daughter of the queen, 2nd son, prince andrew at they're making their way to get their seats inside at westminster abbey. christopher watching these pictures. the people there will just be listening to the music that played in the abbey, in quiet reflection. they will, will be waiting for the service to start. but of course, the most important thing right now is happening in westminster hall, which is the same building that medieval hall, where we saw so many members of the public q up to pay their respects to the queen . it's going to be a, an extra moment when we see that coffin actually being moved. and what we tend to forget is just how heavy that coffin is. in her queen victoria's time she had 3 coffins. she had an oak coffin, a lead coffin, and another coffin to surrounding each other and half aton. and that is what

probably what the queens were way as well. and we can see the gun carriage that will take the coffin to westminster abbey. those are the naval ratings. there are 98 of them who will pull it as christopher wilson was saying to me earlier on, that is because of a tradition that comes from the funeral of queen victoria. in 1901. there was a problem with the horses, with linking the horses to the carriage on a very bitterly cold morning for that funeral. and so they had to, at the last minute, get the carriage pulled by members of the navy. it has become a tradition. and that is what we will see shortly. this is totally planned to the 2nd, isn't it? christopher? the pictures were same name. it is. and what you've got to realize is, although these preparations have been going on for years and years,

there is the queen consort just coming in now. or although they've been made for years and years, everything has to be fine tuned at the very last minute. people have been up all night, making sure that nothing goes wrong. and even to this, this is time to the split 2nd. and there we are at seeing catherine the princess of wales. now she has taken a while. her husband william was taking the title of prince of wales, married, one of the very 1st acts of the new king, was to give his eldest son that title that he held for 64 years. and there with, with her 2 children who will also walk behind the coffin in this solemn procession. but we're going to see as the senior members of the line up, you see a big band and the houses of parliament and westminster hall, where you see the and the, the gun carriage now waiting. and it is christopher,

a very, very short journey actually to westminster abbey. if you and i were walking in and it wasn't all this tight security, we do it just in a couple minutes. 2 minutes. yeah, absolutely. and it's interesting that ter william and catherine who made the decision to bring that to elder children, because or if you go back to when a change or so 6 died and queen ascended the throne. prince charles was roughly speaking the same age as george. they thought it wasn't right to bring him. and if you go back to the previous king, king george, the 5th, or when the queen was then of similar age to george. they didn't think it right to bring him. so this is something new. and you know, it's in a way it's schooling these children for what is to come, but it is quite surprising that her children of such use should be there today. it's worth also reminding people, as we see these pictures, these pictures of this,

this ceremony that is similar in many ways to ceremonies that have taken place or processions and taken place throughout history. and these very solemn moments that this was not actually not shown when, when, when the queen's father died, it wasn't on television. there was, this is the queen who really spanned the whole television age coronation. was the very 1st big global television event. it was, it was almost as if her royalty was reinvented when the queen was crowned and arrow through the ages which had followed. we are safe and here we see the coffin. very

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we've seen the bear a party which was found by the grande gobs. bring the coffin on to the state gun carriage worse reminding you that the queen was made. the colonel in chief of regarding the guards, had just 16 years of age and now the carriage will be pulled by those 98 naval ratings. the short distance to westminster abbey. ah ah ah. with

a so the ceremonial pause of the day has begun in earnest. as the queen's coffin, which has been lying and rests, and when since wednesday, the 2nd to westminster abbey a fuel service. a coffin carried on the safe gun carriage of the world may be torn by my tvs label ratings, senior members of the whole family, including the new king and his songs. prince william and prince harry following the gun carriage in procession. the pipes and drums of the scottish and irish regiments

leading that procession along with numbers of the war their force. and the duck is the route lined by the royal navy. and royal marines. of a god of honor will stand in parliament square made up of all 3 military services accompanied by a whoa, marines. ah, a pull, of course leading this queen love the pipes upon the square. as in the middle of it statue, winston churchill, she had 15 prime ministers. some would argue her 1st was her favorite. but how

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symbolism. rosemary for remembrance, myrtle the ancient symbol of a happy marriage, cut from a plant that was grown from a streak of myrtle and her late majesty's wedding bouquet. 1947 ah.

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