quantity and the the strengths and i suppose that the sin, the symbolism of strength. that it, it represents as you say, scenes from another era in many ways. but maybe that's why they are so poignant and particularly poignant on this day after the service that we've seen in westminster abbey. what's reminding you what is to happen in the coming hours? because you will see this procession continuing past buckingham palace and then heading to the wellington gate, which has just passed buckingham palace originally was one of the gates to the palace of ceremonial arch. and there the gun carriage pulled by the north royal navy. 98 members of the royal navy will stop there and the barrow party will take the coffin from the gun carriage and placed it on the royal hearse. but then the procession continues by car. people from london will be able to see the queen and

say, but bite the queen for the last time. she then travels through west london and will up the quoterush will make its way then all the way to windsor castle right now. continuing its journey down the mouth and before it gets to buckingham palace, ed, it will be passing clarence house that is currently home to king charles. it's not entirely clear as it whether he is going to move to buckingham palace like his mother. and its perhaps worth reminding viewers that in 1952 queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip initially weren't so keen they would quite like to have stayed in tarrant's house. the only problem we clarence heis is that it's, it's some way off them all and, and hidden from public view. what we know so far is that certainly it wouldn't be

until the renovations above him punish the complete that are new king and queen council. consider the possibility of moving home that permanently. what we do now is the bucking and punish will remain the main ceremonial residence of the, of the british monarchy with a coronation plans for next year. we can anticipate the familiar balcony appearances. it's worth just remembering that the west faces of backing and punish was deliberately re fronted in the early 900 tense so that it was directly facing the more so that people could gather outside the palace gates and greet that royal rulers. by way of by way of gesturing at the balcony. so i think we, we will likely see that buckingham palace remains in service,

but it could be some time before. new monarch takes up residence full time. the doctor ed owens that it is a little after 1200 hours gmc 1 o'clock in london. you're watching houses. ears, especial coverage of the funeral of queen elizabeth. the 2nd diplomatic. it is a james space in london on adrian. finnegan and nick clock is at westminster. abbey, where of course, a little over an hour ago the funeral service itself at queen elizabeth came to a close. nick, what did you make it all well before i come to that, just show you the scene of the sea of my shelter here. at the last remnants of the guests just still gathered on them the full court of the great west, or

a just probably waiting for their bus to leave. most of them have gone already just them probably recounting to one another. the how moving that whole service was. the queen came back to westminster abbey the place where she was brown, the place where she married a love of her life, a stay as she was it. prince philip as a lady of great faith ins, the psalms and a hymns and prayers, sword to the rafters. it was incredibly moving on at the anybody could feel to be touched by it and perhaps even more so as when for me, when i was watching from here we had a very good view looking down towards parliament square at the procession. and with a coffin on the state carriage and there was draped in the royal standard with the imperial crown on the organ surface. and behind greece, children, the king, his sister, and 2 brothers,

just marching in their children following too. and there was a moment up here over a big platform as a whole load of presto. well, over here, it was a moments as the carriage approached for a choir anyway, but the whole press gallery here suddenly, when silence never be looked. anne's stood in total respect in this quite an incredible thing in these, you know, hard nose jonas, but a couldn't fail to be moved by. what was an impressive moment, a sense of respectfulness overwhelm? you could hear a pin drop. and then i thought another really keen man was when and just at the the west gate there as the, as the as gun carriage was leaving in the coffin, cleans coffin had been put back on the gun carriage to go on this procession that we've been seeing and there was a view of her children, charles andrew, edward, and anne, and then, and then just

a little bit further back set back. was princess wales with charlotte. and george, you know, the now the 3rd and like the 3 and it was just an eye clinic moment was very, very powerful. and so now of course the queen's coffin in procession to wellington arch, when it's not she standing packing palace but was moved there. and her ahead of its final journey to windsor. and this is the watching now as it approaches as the cortege approaches fucking palaces was london's last chance to say good bye to its own nick, as far as they that the funeral service itself was concerned. while we continue to watch this procession as it makes its way out towards wilmington arch that that

fuel soci when he really can't emphasize enough, how to the rafters the, the abbey wallace, with with world leaders royalty from all over the world. absolutely. that all come to pay their respects and she, she touched everybody's lives, not from just the audrey people that you see lining the streets, who many of whom have traveled miles from all parts of the country in for overseas as well. to be here to see, to see credible mon, but she impressed every politician, every leader that she met. i, i made this point earlier about how she quoted winston church. was that the always to look forwards. you always have to look backwards. and just by the length of her life and the prime minister she dealt with. she absolutely did that because winston

churchill itself is born in $1874.00, you know, the time of square rigs, sailing ships and so forth. and i lost prime minister who met the queen 2 days before she died. that now that pitcher that enigmatic smart of the queen. she was born in a 90 a sorry, yes, in 1975. so 101 years later, it's an incredible span of history from that, from the times as, hey, of square examine ships to the crazy, well, we live in today with everything that's going on. and and i also made to point the, what's incredible about that is that she takes all his knowledge to the grave. and then somehow you decide you'd really want it is when you buy the queens man was it would be the incredible story to tell that because nobody ever will. but that was the mark of the women that we just paid respect to that. so many people want to

come, not just world leaders, government leaders, but also the ordinary person. through the ordinary walk of life, we've just come to london to pay their respects and we'll line that route to windsor for her final re, to where she's going to be buried on that nerves. nick, i want to bring in al jazeera. we're a chairman, sir, who's at windsor castle to the west of london. once saw the gun carriage carrying the queen's coffin gets to wellington arch, the coffin itself will be transferred to the state, hers. the state hers will then drive to windsor with the parade, giving a rural salutes and the national anthem being played at rory, what happens once to her sketch there, to windsor, it's going to take a couple of hours or to make that journey from what it's an arch here to where i'm standing, where the queen is going to be laid to rest,

ready for her eternity. that process is going to be going down. obviously the, the, a roads of the country outside of london getting down here allow people to blind the roads and, and say their goodbyes in a couple of hours time. it gets here and there is a passage ray called the long walk that leads up to the castle. ah, and that is the way that the queen is going to be brought in. when she arrives in the in the stay paris, they will then be another procession. king charles and other senior royals ah, a will be in that procession. going in to saint george's chapel in saint george's chapel, or there will be another ceremony. a committal ceremony followed later on this evening by a much more private burial ceremony in which she will be late to rest next to her beloved husband, prince philip, bright rory for the moment. many thanks, de blood,

sir. take you lived a buckingham palace of the coffin, now going around queen's garden, the se. sites out as here as near that the embargo is bound a dim. yes. yes, adrian, out. hopefully you can see from our earth shots via the gun carriage, which has actually gone past buckingham palace with the marching bands, with the muffled drum, beating the rhythm as it has done all the way down the mouth lined with members of the public and members of the year on services and police, and of course behind them the cause ern including the queen, a consort camilla who's been pointing out to princess and charlotte and prince george, the queen's grandchildren or some of what they can see along the route and calls

them to cleans children marching behind the gun carriage. it's an incredible scene here because you've got all the members of staff who've come out of buckingham palace to show their respects. then you've got all of the mounted. oh gods. he's got the guns which have been fired from hyde park up the road since towards the end of the funeral service itself in westminster abbey. as at harold's, or if you like of what's going to happen. so people have been anticipating while actually able to follow. and to mourn during that funeral service they've been, they've heard all of the servants, all of the hymns and so on. and as many of the crowd singing the national anthem at the end, there standing in silence during the last post. and the revelation which we heard from inside the abbey as well. oh, so it's a very, very interesting scene because that even the families who brought young children

here have been standing in silence for hours now or in sombre reflection. but also a, capturing the moments many of them on their mobile phones as well. because vis, of course, is part of national history and international history, of course, as well as the archbishop was there reminding people during the service of the commitment of delay queen to serving the commonwealth. not just the year. countries which are commonwealth realms. when the british monica head of state, but all 56 members. now, of course a greatly expanded organization from when she came to the throne in 1952 and then was crowned in that westminster abbey itself. a year later, she was also married in that very same place. so she hugely resolute, resonant moments from british history for people to look back on. and of course,

to look forward to as well fe, now sing, god saved the king. people getting used to it, getting used to the fact that this is the starts of a new era. as the gun carriage turns left on to constitutional hill were about 2 thirds of the way ah, towards wellington arsenal. nadine baba reported there from outside our king and palace in london. and constitution. hill is still beside buckingham palace. in fact, alongside the camera angle you're looking at is shooting down from the wall of buckingham palace and the gardens of buckingham palace that the queen knew. so well, this very solemn moment perhaps will break the, the mood for a moment, very poignant mood to tell. a rather fun story. going back to the 8th of may 1945 when she was princess elizabeth. she was in the palace, kristela wilson is with us,

the ra biographer, and that was the day that the war in europe was won. and she was there with her younger sister princess, margaret's of the queen. at that time, the princess, as she was 19 princess margaret, was 14, and they begged their parents the king and queen to let them go and celebrate in the crowds and they did. and they did. they had a couple of rack acreage to make sure they didn't get trampled by the huge numbers of people who were outside. but actually most people didn't recognize them because they were just, they weren't wearing anything ceremonial, they were just her an end tweed skirt. so i think she was absent from what the account i read. she was wearing her, her army uniform because she was in the service at that time. and apparently one of those who was with her. but one of the ladies ladies in waiting, who, who knew the story said that she pulled down the cap over her face so that no one would recognize the future queen. and apparently they also joined the crowd

shouting, we want the king, we want the king outside of buckingham palace as the, as the crowd of course, called to see its king. among those in the crowd was the king's 2 daughters. a very happy story at this sad and poignant time as we see the gun salute taking place. and you can see from the count camera angle, why they call it, call it constitution hill. as the 98 navy ratings will pull the gun, carriage up the hill, most of the rest of the procession is already there waiting beside the wellington arch. christopher, tell us about the willing to not it was to celebrate napoleonic was i think that's right. do the wellington was who indeed was accorded to a state funeral too. and quite rightly too because he defeated napoleon and was almost made into a royal figure himself. so great was james

b the victory. and so when he died, they built a notch at the top, the constitution held to to celebrate his life. and also gave the family the single house, which stones was all constitution. it's called number one, london. it's apps the house. and you can see it if you go to constitution hill. and that's where the remnants of the duke of wellington's great military honors still reside. maybe we'll have a comment on that from simon may. i'll, who's also with us listening, simon? yes, well there's a lot of people know that you went into the juke and we always, a lot of people used to think it referred to his prowess and his victory the battle

of waterloo. and in fact, it was when he was opposing the great reform act. in 83832. eventually people came and threw up bricks window, despite his heroic stature, and he put to metal, shut his up, and punched them, gave him the sobriquet, the iron duke. after that. but of course, in overtime, people assumed it was because of his great victory of napoleon at, at waterloo. i am interested again for your viewers that the, the military lining up at consti at a high park corner of the mountain top, consumed hill are of course, all the represent you all the cause and the regiments that her majesty was the current love. and those kernel sees will have to be redistributed among the other among the other royals. hence why you see the role scott's forgiven guards? the royal lances are clearly the household household division because they are her

majesty's personal bodyguard as well. so of a proud moment and sad moment for those those regiments in due course by enrichment . you have the queen of the queen, mother. and when she died, prince prince charles took on the colonel seat. and so for the queen gods, when it comes to the coronation, we will parade with king charles the 3rd. but it's very interesting to see who is represented in this a magnificent proof, a procession today. and of course, it's not just those who are in the procession. there are service men and women lining the route. there are many military involved in the security operation. and in the time that she was queen 70 years, the british military is much, much smaller than it was in 1952. i would guess i'm not really trying to make a political point here. so i'm, it may be, i am, there's

a large proportion of the british military actually on duty to day. well, i joined an army of 860000 back in 1979 and the army today is about 80000 . ah, and the other 2 services are equivalent diminishment in numbers. it is worth remembering at the time of the queen's coronation, of course. but what you don't see on this, this particular procession, of course, is, is the royal navy white's very appropriate. they have a central role of pulling the, the gotten couch and the queen's coffin. ah, but at the coronation there was a huge fleet at which was largely responsible for the security of the of united kingdom. and it's very good to see the roll. air force regiment on parade again, because fundamentally it's quite an army heavy ceremony or the uh, this, this funeral, but all over the world on, on navy ships and ari of bases, training camps all round the world. a training teams deployed across the world. the

new navy base at bahrain, there will be small ceremonies taking place at the moment to be marking this, this, this food on and back to the global reach and influence of the united kingdom. um, but those are that, that where that network of, of military presence around the world are important. remember, the other thing i think is interesting today is that normally, if you watch a treatment of the color, you will see the guardsmen are very heavily spread out along mouth. this is day redolent of the of the great days. the ceremonial with the guardsmen, literally 2 or 3 meters apart, all the way, all the way up. really a guardsman out the military personnel all the way back tooth, a, westminster abbey. so it is. so it's wonderful to see again, although you say it probably put a huge demand on the numbers of a military that they're in the current armed forces.

there we see the scene hyde park corner. normally on a monday like today, there will be traffic all around on the roads around there. it's a major interchange in london to day. the roads are quiet, but the bands are playing in tribute to the late queen and the cortez was making its final journey to that. wellington arch followed by senior members of the royal family on foot led by the king. other members of the royal family and cars following. and we've a few times, i think caught a glimpse of the youngest members, the royal family of the youngest members present. seeing princess charlotte, whose 7 and prince george, who is 9, who of course, is in the line to throw the like the current line to the throne in the united kingdom. you have king charles. then you have prince william,

who in one of his father's 1st acts, was to make him the prince of wales. that is a title that is only given by the king. you don't get it automatically, but it does traditionally go to the youngest son of the monarch. and the next in line is the 9 year old prince george with yet so there and catholic fletcher of wellington arts, with a mass rance, just alongside the king's true roll. horse artillery moving to the north side where shortly vel witnessed the departure of the queen's coffin to windsor when they get there and to the

arch the bear party will lift the coffin from the state gun times and place it in the state hers and then the queen leaves london for the final time, but the crown robin sceptre will come back and at the king's coronation, king charles a 3rd will be given the house will depart in that pray will give a royal salute to national anthem will be paid left for its that's all to come to me braid incredibly dignified with this is ms. as we look at and charles and mr. prince is on the quarter flank by thousands. you've just waited so long very willingly to pay tribute to this woman who's been part of their lives forever.

mostly as the cortez reaches the crowds, they fall silent. they know they will not see the likes of this kind of ceremony and emotion for a very long time. all right, let's get an idea of what's happening outside by campus. we can cross to nadine, bobby light. wow, we're nick. i'm right now driving passes or buckingham palace. the last vehicles in the procession. and i've actually just seen the hearse. i'm presumably the hearse which will be making its way up. constitution hill to wellington arch, where the queen's coffin is due to be transferred from that young carriage into the royal herse, where,

or start her journey of around 40 kilometers. also westwards to windsor castle, her answers saint george's chapel there of course. and along the way, there will be members of the public watching several, designated viewing areas. and the crowd here is an extremely large crowd and very, very and diverse in its make up. or they've been following events, including from before the funeral service itself in westminster, abbey. so that people here have been stood for many, many hours. and the atmosphere has been extremely, reflect, reflect full respectful. and it's been a very quiet scene here all along the mile. and around canada, gate opposite buckingham palace, many families with young children, some on their parents, shoulders to get a good view, filming on their mobile phones. and there have been moments where there's been

emotions on display. you've seen couples hugging her as the funeral servicer came to an end and the last post rang out. and then later on, as they heard via the marching bands coming down the mouth with a muffled drums people, people got a sense of anticipation. but they were able to follow, of course, not just on speakers relaying what was happening inside the abbey. but on the, on bare devices said, well aware of what was happening and the huge sense of occasion, members of the armed forces, he aligning the route as well, some mingling with the crowd, others of course, on duty. i'm not sure if you can actually see, but there are still and some of the year, the guards still marching past the palace here are people have started to disperse . but the route that i was mentioning is going to have thousands of people watching

the hearse making its way westwards through central london. it's going to go from wellington arch by hyde park corner along the south side of hyde park, one of the many royal parks in this area. and in fact, where we had heard the gunfire over more than a last hour, in fact, ringing out and passed arm buildings, landmarks such as imperial college, the victoria, and albert museum, the natural history museum in south kensington. going further westwards. go through the areas of hammersmith and she's sick on the north side of the river thames. and then deliberately, the hearse will carry on along what are known as a road. so it's not a motorway. visa roads, which have spaces where members of the public will be able to safely view it, sim procession westwards to windsor to the castle. and eventually along what they

call the long walk where crowds will be lining the route there. and also able to watch on big screens as well for that sir. commitment that term service in the chapel later on before the private burial ceremony at the end of the day. in fact, people are able not just to, it's a view in person in places like here on the mouth. but sir, there are screens that have been put out around the country, not just in hyde park, but in places like edinburgh. manchester leads, major cities are and even cinemas, which of clothes are offering people of viewings while name. thanks to that. so but yes. so we're looking at the mass ranks just as they'd come to a stop by wellington arch mcqueen's coffin. they're still on the state gun parish

shortly. they will be transferred to her. begin the journey down to windsor. let's bring him at owen's grown historian. so ed question. she's on her way to windsor. why wasn't the funeral in windsor in the past next, and we haven't have the westminster abbey element of the royal funeral that we see today in 521-936-1910 the coffin of the of the dead. monica was taken directly from westminster hall, where the lying and stated bane are to windsor by way of her a procession a bit like what we've seen. but the, the westminster abbey section was, was not parts of the, the ceremonial, the, the last 3 times we've had big state funerals of this kind. i'm so what

we witness today is both innovation, but also now a return to tradition in that this 2nd half of you, like of the funeral ceremony, is something that has precedent. and we are going to start to see more ceremonial, more procession unfold. but within the sort of the small, a context of windsor before the at the queen's coffin is taken saint george's chapel for, for private service before being interred in the royal mausoleum. edward, thanks to that for the time we were waiting for the next stage of these ceremonial, which will be the coffin going into the arch where it will then go and be transferred by the barrow party is to see the barrow party there. now,

on to the royal hearse, and then make it slow journey. to windsor. all our thoughts relief to day are with queen elizabeth after her 70 years on the throne. and this of course, her funeral, crystal wilson is still with me though ra biographer. and it is we're saying, although we won't see something like this in the near future because king charles is in his seventies, sees, seems written, well. there is another roll event coming soon with very different tone. it will be a tone of celebration of that, of course, is the coronation is indeed, ah, and curiously enough, actually at this sir, a solemn ceremony is an away a rehearsal for what we're going to see next year sometime. and if i were a betting man, i would say that or a king charles, who's a great traditionalist,

will probably choose or june the 2nd or 2023, which is the $70000.00 diverse re of his mother's coronation. let's pause for a moment. the coffin is now brought forward by the barrow party. the grand, dear gods, members of the royal family watching this. but we saw prince george, princess charlotte, the 2 youngest members a moment ago and there is the king. the queen consort his sons, and you can now see the other side of the arch, the ro, her conducted

those all the royal navy who have been pulling the coffin all the way in his possession, pulling it by hand by ropes. they are now departing. though the gun carriage will go, but i'm sure to be careful storage. 4 was kept temperature controlled the next time it is needed. and of course all of the authorities here will be hoping that's not any time soon. there is the role hearse specially designed vehicle. i'm told the queen herself approved to design the idea

that it has those very large windows. so as many people as possible can see the coffin as it passes by

coffin with the crown jewels on top and the flowers. and that card on the top from king charles himself in his own writing, loving and devoted memory card from a king to a queen, card from her son to a mother. and now the coffin, in the roll hearse will make it slow way through the streets of west london to windsor. let's bring in simon mail again. now you have taken part in events like this before. i'm assuming if you are one of those involved in something like this, it would be quite terrifying. yes,

it's so you don't lose the weight of history, particularly derrick say, in the internet, social media televised world does mean that her mistakes are amplified. and of course, everybody loves a picture of a guardsman falling over on a hot day at treatment of the color. so i absolute take my hat off to clearly the organizes for those young lads who've been on several occasions bearing the queen's casket. i think deserve a huge, a huge of applause for their, their fortitude and their dignity under under pressure. and i have no doubt because i know members of the role found me that they will get a personal tribute from probably king charles himself for their that their behavior here. but i think everybody wants wants to do their best. they want to be part of it. they're deeply privileged, an honor to be part of it. they'll remember it forever as well there that their,

their family watching them. ah, and her as you say, right, to say terrified about making mistakes. but would probably not want to be anywhere else in the world, but involve today with the funeral over her majesty queen elizabeth the 2nd. as you say, you take that you will hats off to them. they can't take the hats off. i assume even on a day it's not the height of summer. it's pretty warm. air force for the national anthem again. ah.

the king there would senior members of the royal family, prince george, to one side of him. his grandson, just a cortez leaves the center of high park corner. normally a bustling interchange in london doesn't look like it, but underneath there is one of the london underground stations. and heads through the arch and then goes down the side of hyde park. there are the outriders. christopher wilson ra bob for is with me again christopher,

we are watching this last stage of the journey and quite deliberately they've chosen roofs so that as many people can see and we see in the pictures, people with their camera phones, we see the root lined with people who are watching for the last time that moment as she goes to woods windsor for barrow. many, many more people are than ever before in history or will personally witness this. they will be able to carry away on their camera phones and in their memory or what they've seen as i was talking just moment ago about the weight of history. i think it's worth actually just talking about that the, the bearers of the coffin, it's the weight of the cotton too. and after a church holes state funeral, after the last one we've seen and prince philip ever practical said, and can we do something about this? because they had to carry church holes coffin from saint paul's cathedral where the

service was held. m a to the tower of london, where he went off down the river. and or one of the guardsmen carrying the coffin, dislocated his shoulder, but carried on air. and the reason why was because the coffin weighed over half a ton and should it said, can we make them lighter? now i have no idea how much her majesty's coughing ways or whether prince philip's ideas ever were out or put into practice. but are those men and the, the way that they had to delicately delicate me. lift that coffin and not make a mistake. i, i, it was, i was holding my breath all the time when they were actually maneuvering it's. it's such an important transfer. and they did it superbly as we see the coffin continuing down the side of the park on the other side. people who know london is

knights bridge. you see the crowd. and perhaps the mood is changed a little after the solemn moments around westminster abbey. and as the coffin was drawn on that gun carriage now, it's in the hearse who, hearing some cheering, some clapping from members of the crowd. it has been interesting how the mood has changed throughout this period of morning. throughout the 10 days, sometimes absolute silence. and sometimes people wanted to cheer and applaud the queen who led this country for 70 years. and when i say this country, it's worth remembering. she was the queen, not just of the united kingdom, not just of the ford nations, but make up the united kingdom. but also the queen of 14 other countries around the world, head of state in 40 other places and the head of the commonwealth. she makes her way now, past that building the red building on the side or military there,

because that is one of the barracks and london, kensington barrett, kensington barracks. and you can see how slowly they are moving. that is quite deliberate. just as i told you the, that the hearse is deliberately designed with those very large windows. it's so that everyone can see. and everyone has a last chance to say farewell. and there are the troops getting to balance. where many of the troops, i think on the horses that have been rolled into, they certainly are base full time if they are that's. that's where the handled little house on cavalry, their game pass just now. and that's where the horses will land up war. there are taken off for back to windsor, which is where their base and those are the cavalry officers who've been and are men who are standing by to say their fair. well, they're not actually part of the ceremonial br age,

but still they've turned out to a to salute their queen. it's interesting i'm, i'm getting just a, with all the final departure of princess diana, or some, a few people afloat throwing flowers. you can see there, i'm and that is something that's never happened before. cheers and flowers that happened diana's funeral. but i can't think of it happening at royal funeral before . and i think it's a, it's a softening movement. as you describe. and the quarter she continues past these crowds which are lining every single part of this route. it makes its way with a high part to one side of it soon it will be turning and then

making its way through west london through a very soon on one of the busiest roads in west london. the cromwell road, normally chock a block with traffic going all the way out from london to heathrow airport. but today, this whole city is different. yes, there are cheers as she passes, but this is the city that is remembering it's queen city that is still in morning. as you say, perhaps a different atmosphere from previous roll. funerals, there is capping. there are 3 cheers from the crowd. i think the mood had to be

broken and it's suddenly much lisa. this is the moment the celebration we've had the morning. now let us celebrate just for a moment. we have another solemn, a set service ahead of us at windsor. but you know, everybody wants to say thank you to the queen and that's why they're there. and that's why they're cherry. what you're saying there is the album memorial and on the other side and mom, you're going to see the royal albert hall. those were built by queen toria, in memory of her consort. and soon christopher, i believe we're going to take a left turn and go down queen's gate. so

often the queen will be going down the road. the clues were getting through the more gentry. 5 parts of london at the moment, kensington and quite soon they don't look quite so attractive the the ride. but this is so would have thought of kensington, which is also follow through these the royal barra of jensen and chelsea. that i go as far as that, but of course we went a little bit further. i pump basically continues into kensington gardens. and that's why kensington palace is just been home to many in the family treating till recently the prince william who was now course the prince of wales, not the throne, although before the queen's death few weeks before he moved full time out to windsor and down the road, as i said, that is called queen's gate. and again, i expect that road to be lined with people. be quiet. and now as we look at the view back at westminster abbey, i know that's it. i think that's it. that's that's,

that's the picture with a picture of st. george's chapel at windsor, which is the next place. they'll be going we say chapel, but it's actually a massive church is a massive church and god's already on duty. there is quite a long wait for them in the sun. and you know, we've said before that these are hard soldiers and not toy soldiers. they all fighting men and they need to be tough to be able to put up with the condition which they are now going to contact them to but have to put up with while they wait for. 7 it's going to be a long journey though, from where the goal tasha is now in west london to windsor because they're getting extremely slow. so as many people as possible can see. so it's going to be well

over an hour, i believe, until they get to windsor. this is sir fine planning by. well, the queen would have had the se in is of course, and also duke of norfolk go. marshall, who is responsible overall for the or the ceremonial, or she will have talked about it in many meetings, i guess over the years. but whether she would like this or that she knows her decision to have a piper to piper out of westminster abbey. and so she would have said no, i don't want to go on the most way i want to go through the towns are between london and windsor and the street so that people can see me looks very quiet in windsor right now. let's check on the, on the atmosphere there because where we challenge is there for us, laurie, can you tell us what it feels like that now as you say, very quiet at the moment. they are prepared here for huge crowds,

where i'm standing at the moment with this glorious backdrop, the castle in the distance over my shoulder. this is the excess crowd area. the main bulk of the crowd is going to be lining that long walk that's road up to the castles, or they're expecting perhaps a 100000 people to be lining that brute. they have segment, it's the per, the, the root off in 2 areas. each for $10000.00 people are per segments on both sides of the roots. now why are they done that? well, at the funeral of friends, philip, they had a crowd issues with people trying to bunch up essentially at the castle and they don't want a repeat of that. so they're putting in place some, some extra crowd controls. they have a space for another 70000 or so here where i'm standing and the crowds congregates in this will be able to watch the proceedings on the big screen now

when the car. so of course one of the queens favorite, how to say is it's going back huge amounts of history. this is the longest inhabited palace in the world in europe. it was built after the norman invasion of $1066.00. it's been used by the writing monarch of the land, the realm since henry the 1st in the early 11, hundreds and of course as much more recent history as well. this is where the royal family sat out. the blitz during june, the 2nd world war, made sure that they were safe while german bombs fell on london. and this is where the queen is going to be brought is being brought at the moment to have her final resting place. later on this evening, she will be laid to rest in very private ceremony. there will be

a committal ceremony before that, but the actual burial will be a private ceremony lowered into the royal vault to take her place beside her beloved husband, prince philip. well that we see pictures again. thank you rory, of the journey to windsor and we see the state hearse and the rest of the row vehicles coming past a brewery. actually, that has the full and brewery each is x. they make their way to to windsor simon. male again, of course this funeral comes only just over a year after the funeral of her beloved husband, prince philip, which took place in winds. yes and what, what a chain circumstances and we were all very disappointed for her majesty. and i

think for all the people of great britain and all that and that some prince philip died in the middle of cove it. and we all remember the very poignant pictures of her majesty on her own in saint george's chapel it at windsor. and all of us felt really bereft that we didn't have a chance to sail goodbyes though. a huge change and i would have been i think so many people been so disappointed or if the queen's demise had happened during cave it. and the a missed opportunity as, as has been so amply demonstrated on the streets of, of london all across the united kingdom. i suspect another part of the world, the opportunity for people to, to, to gather together the old, we refer to it early. we will meet again. ah, and it's one of the great acts i think that is queen elizabeth has bequeathed to the country a great unifying experience in her death as it was in her life. it's quite a remarkable continuing contribution she has made in her passing. ah. so as you say

we've, we've, we've only whatever it was 18 months ago we, we saw the solemnity there only a few months ago we celebrated the queen's own platinum jubilee. so it's been quite a roller coaster of emotions with regards to the role family and how to close was got to remember king charles the 2nd lost both his parents within. within the space of that up that 18 months also. there we see the coffin continuing to travel through west london over a railway bridge. right now that's the only reason. there aren't crowds, there would be impossible. i think, i think i think actually they're on the overpass aren't they think they're on the over pass. so it crowds current go there, although there are some on the 11 side you can see most of this journey though, to windsor is going through urban areas. and that means that people will be able to watch and everywhere we've seen until this moment when they've gone over that

overpass, there have been crowds, really large crowds watching this final moment. simon is a military man. what are your feelings, given that you you don't serve the prime minister? you don't serve the governments if you're in the british military use of the queen . yes. ah, we, we really take huge pride in being her majesty's armed forces. i think the security of the country, you know, the, the, the primary responsibly of any government. and it is her majesty's government is, is it is the defense of the country and to be raised above. and i say the cotton thrust of daily politics is actually very reassuring to us are, but it does make that very, very personal, personal connection. ah, she's obviously the queen of all her subjects. ah,

everyone. but i think it is important that the military have a central lety in marking her her her demise. because the sovereign is there to guarantee the stability of the country in many ways. and the armed forces guarantee it down to the security on her or his behalf. ah, and so i think again, it's been fe educative this, this whole last 10 days to a just demonstrate to people how this extraordinary country hangs together. ah, and so we are, we do genuinely certainly the officer corps and i think among our so to sales and airman, as they get more senior, i get the sort of god, queen and country are now god, king and country. and it turn it, it, it's what really underpins us. and i think allows our soldiers, sailors, airmen, to do extra things they do. do i think it quits it out of a will extremely back for an emotional backbone, personal backbone or into our service to the country. but we do it through our

loyalty and allegiance to the monic, but well, out of central london now we're going through the streets of west london. but still, as you can see, there are a great number of people lining the roots while historian ad owens did. have you noticed a slight difference in the atmosphere since the procession has moved away in the hearse? certainly we seem to have 3 cheers at one point. we have cheering, we have clapping. is this or is this different? do you think from the way these things have been done in the past? at the top of today's program. in fact i, i said i was, i'd be interested in seeing how the, the crowds behaved whether that would be so cause for rejoicing celebration commemoration of the life or whether the cries would be more so mutant and mournful

. what we've seen is both in central london the lead up to the ceremony. during the sermon itself, clearly, the current, the crabs appeared as though they were deeply moved by the experience and the, the mood was somber and reflective. what we've seen since the hearse is, has left central london is i think that desire to celebrate this, this, this long rain as it's passed as it's passed by the groups that have matched at the side of the road. so i think we're seeing both things, and i think christopher said before that you know, we, what we were about to see on, on the arrival in windsor is a, it's probably a return to the most. the most somber mood is as the 2nd part of today's funerary ritual gets on the way. so it is fascinating to see how the crowds are reacting. i don't think this is necessarily different to what we've seen past times. what i am

left wondering, the more, the more that i watch today is whether we're going to see the like of this. again, i think it highly unlikely that we will ever see a royal funeral on this scale with this level of grandeur. with such a central role of, of both the military, the commonwealth realms. it will of course depend on the reign of king charles the 3rd and what sort of king he is. but without wanting to decide it all down cost. there are clearly challenges ahead for the british monarchy is this new rang begins. the last 70 years have been defined by the monarch. he's close association with the military forces. the queen, of course, is we've heard numerous times of softening how to a personal connection to the likes of winston churchill in the 2nd world war source

of the case. but she had this deep connection to the commonwealth in the other round. the other 14 realms. but whether this image of britain we have seen puts on, if you like, on stage today, and this national stage, whether this is sustainable in the long term future i, i'm uncertain. and i, i therefore think it, it worth just bearing in mind the fact that this is, i think this is unlikely that we, we ever see anything like this again. and i think when historians come to write about this event, they will see it possibly as, as, as one of the, the grandest moment certainly. and the most spectacular moment. in terms of the, the story of the 21st century monarchy. we see the conroy quoterush when the coffin of the queen making its way through.