, the orb and sceptre are important. they represent the monarch the orb is important because it signifies she is the head of the church of england. steve, could you give us a sense right now as americans, we have a very delineated and separation with church and state. it is not the case in the uk what is it like morale wise for the uk citizenry because the head of the church of england is now being laid to rest as opposed to the queen of england. >> reporter: you make a good point, dom it affects the psyche of the nation one thing the queen was keen was to point out she was not only the defender of the faith and the leader of church of england, but also the defender of faiths. one thing you will see inside westminster abbey is all kinds of denominations not only with the church of england, but from different faiths and catholic church and muslim faith. other faiths are represented the queen thought it was important to be of all of them again, as we can see now, the pictures with the royal navy carrying or pulling the sta

it was here that the imperial state, crown old, and sceptre louis moved from the coffin and clean. as mister wander service was snapped. symbolizing the end of her rein, a coffin was then load into the chapel volts, where 9 other british monex buried. and fish joins his live now from windsor. and alan, this is the private moment, isn't it for the royal family? that's right, that are still people here at windsor. they know why they're here. they wanted to be part of history to say their farewell to the queen, but they don't quite know when to leave. even the heavy rain that we've had in the last 20 minutes hasn't dampened their determination to be here. but beyond the walls behind the close gate, the royal family thing a private farewell. it has been a very public departure for queen elizabeth. it has been dignified. it has been respectful for a woman who is dignified and commanded a great deal of respect during her 70 years on the throne. but now is the chance for king charles in particular, who was moral when his mother died, who traveled to 4 countries of the united kingdom here

. -- symbolize christianity over the world, a sceptre -- heading towards the memorial and gently turning royal air force played such an important part in the events of the 8th of september and later, bringing the queen back to london from scotland, where she was accompanied by the princess royal. the royal air force [indiscernible] a sight the late queen would have been very touched by. [indiscernible] one of the latest additions to the [indiscernible] the major general commanding the household division, in charge of all the troops. -- uniforms [indiscernible] the cavalry, the -- [indiscernible] we talked about the uniforms. [indiscernible] authority when it comes to arousing the masses. this procession stretches from constitution held back to coast guard. -- of the band of the irish garden the welsh guards. funeral procession [indiscernible] the queen consort pointing out some of the elements of the procession to george and charlotte. the princess of wales looking on. then we have beatrice and eugenia. behind them, the king and the duke of sussex, princess royal and her husband, the duk

rather the crown old and sceptre were removed from her coffin, officially mounting the end of a rain and the 2nd elizabeth and h from windsor d w's. jack parish reports that after the grad few roll eyes in britain now turned to political developments and the need to tackle the economic crisis. i think there is an overwhelming sense of pride's, that the queen's memory that this funeral went in the way that it should have that the queen was laid to rest in an appropriate way the, the whole ceremonies of the funeral, the committal ceremony and the burial service all went like clockwork, and i think there is a sense of pride here in the united kingdom, but also a sense of new endeavor. specifically for king charles the 3rd, the eyes now of the royal family. go on to his coronation, but also for the british prime minister, less trust was invested just 2 days before the queen died. and indeed the conservative leadership race and the death of the queen of totally overshadowed everything that needs to happen in the british government. specifically, looking at the cost of living crisis, energ

the sceptre, which was received by the queen as the ensign of kingly power and justice.e small queen's company camp colour, which is used to identify the whereabouts of the commanding officer. and he places it on the coffin. the lord chamberlain, the most senior member of the household, his duty done, breaks his wand of office and places it there, too. and both will be buried with the coffin. like as a father pities his own children, even so is the lord merciful unto them that fear him, for he knoweth whereof we are made. he remembereth that we are but dust. the days of man are but as grass, for he flourishes as a flower of the field. for as soon as the wind goes over it, it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more. but the merciful goodness of the lord endureth forever and ever upon them, that fear him and his righteousness upon children's children. go forth upon thyjourney from this world, 0 christian soul. in the name of god, the father almighty, who suffered for thee, in the name of the holy spirit, who strengtheneth thee, in communion with the blessed sai

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on the coffin, a distillation of disgrace public. yet every person lives in monica, crown, or in sceptre, besides favorite flowers chosen by the king in a hand with his mother. him charles followed the coffin and that his family on the short journey to westminster abbey. oh and on towards the altar, late queen's children and grandchildren accompanied now are their spouses and her great grandchild, georgia and child. we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth and from the nations of the world. some 500 foreign dignitaries were in the abbey to mark this moment, including the queen's 14th us president and 15th british prime minister, whom she invited to form a government just 2 days before her death. ah, but above the politics she'd been created if the service should fall most on her constant christian faith featured the favorite him. the lord is my shepherd. service in life. hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet again. oh, the last post heralded a 2 minute silence observed across the country be

another rose were in attendance on her casket, imperial state, crown, and the sovereign sceptre. in all the symbols of the power of the monarchy. and controversially, it's colonialism recent calls by many in south africa and india for the jewels to be returned. ah, the queen's funeral lashes in a new era. her son charles, the 3rd is now king. he's also head of 56 commonwealth countries, mostly former colonies, with a population of around 2 and a half 1000000000. for 14 of these countries, he is head of state support to say they benefit from a membership that includes bilateral corporation on international goals, jocelyn, market, pow. during her reign, she was committed to her nation and friendships with others in the commonwealth. she earned our respect and admiration by winning the hearts of millions of people in the u. k. and the world of celebrity cassandra commonwealth lebowski. busy truly canada, of all, i think that all canadians will reflect appropriately on the queen. the different governments have made their own decision to mark the occasion. but for me, i recognize that

at the end of it, the instruments of state, the monarch's crown and the orb and sceptre, will be removedand later, in a private service, the queen's coffin will be laid to rest with that of her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the queue to file past the queen lying—in—state is now stretching back 4.9 miles from westminster hall, along the south bank of the river thames. our special correspondent lucy manning joins us live. it's after 10pm and for the second night in a row the route is absolutely full of people. it's astonishing. the people around me, they have been waiting around seven and a half hours. they've got about half an hour more to go. at the back of the queue they are saying the weight is around nine hours and it's reached its end point at southern park, it has capacity to take more people. the destination is obviously a sombre one but people feel that this journey has actually been very joyful, that is until they reached the steps and the silence of westminster hall. it's the long and winding road to westminster hall, stretching miles through the capital. it is glor

thus, as well, james is steeped in symbolism and history, his intent pass along with the open sceptre. they make a crucial pass on a coronation, which will be saying as a later date of king charles the 3rd yet no date yet. for the coronation, i can tell you that when the queen took the throne and remember it was just a few years after world war 2, britain was pretty impoverished, and things were pretty hard to organize in those days. but it took some 16 months after the funeral for the coronation to take place. but yes, the coronet, the crown, and the other. the other crown jewels, all the symbols of the monarch and the formal coronation is a very important moment, although only a symbolic moment because it's all about continuity of the monarchy. and there was no moment when, when there was no monarch in this country. the moment that that of the queen died. king charles became the queen. we don't know when queen elizabeth kate became the queen because her father died in his sleep, but she did become queen some time. and that night night 1952 the shore benefits of thigh sons saving pas

the old and sceptre and flowers chosen by the king. the crown would lay to be removed, a symbolic detachment of the queen from the throne she occupied for 70 years. but not yet. ah, not before king charles, the 3rd had led his family, the country and global figures in bidding her farewell the in westminster abbey, where kings and queens across the ages of been crowned, married and buried. oh. here. where queen elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth, and from the nations of the world to mourn our love, ah, the queen's reigns, spend 14 us presidents from harry s truman to joe biden. present here with his wife jill. and she met regularly with 15 british prime ministers, the last liz trust, invited by the queen to form a government just 2 days before her death. in his sermon, the archbishop of canterbury recalled the queen's life of service and faith. service in life, hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet

they can actually see the coffin with the crown on the orb and the sceptre sitting on top, on the gun carriage. it. yeah it's, it's been an extraordinary week already and it's going to get more extraordinary as we move towards monday with the actual funeral. this is britain on show you can see that king charles the 3rd next verse of his sister and 2 brothers and his 2 sons behind him. these the most senior members of the royal family got charles and andrew edward. and then the, the next generation william and harry behind them. and this is really the heart and soul of british government to a certain extent. and that very fuzzy relationship between british politics and the british people. and the, the british monarchy. ah, it's an extraordinary show, isn't it? i mean we, we look at the, the coffin drapes in royal standard carried on a gun carriage surrounded by real and in pomp and circumstance. it's a, it's an incredibly samba and grand occasion. the people of the u. k. absolutely. and, and so anybody who sees the mon a key as an important part of the government, this is a very import

us for monday, an architect and founder of a new enterprise for environmental change called from sceptre plastic clothes. he is brought me to an informal housing settlement on the outskirts of town to show me 1st hand the problems faced here and across latin america. multiplan will be lucky geisha fall. okay? oregon ways, where is plastic or yahoo dot com. but those channels, opinion does onions, 75 percent of glass sticking packaging is single use. when you see all of this plastic on the ground, you see potential, yes, a lot of potential. we can transform all these plastic in order for us whose enterprise to succeed though he's going to need a lot of plastic. wholesale informal recycling has been a long standing trade in columbia with 40000 trucks on the street to bogota, collecting conventional useful waste with the scrap metal and plastic bottles. so we're in a book bag. all right, now where the recycle is come to bring their plastics and other recyclable products and they weigh them here so that they can then be paid. ready for looking for poll . you know, he's the lead recycler. he'

behind the candle, the imperial state crown, the orb and sceptre.ng respect, with the queen�*s children. the welsh guards doing their duty. an officer on each corner of the coffin, the uniform distinguished with their buttons arranged in two groups of five, a leek on their colour badges. the westminster cross stands at the head of the coffin. and a bouquet of flowers, a wreath of white roses and dahlias, studded with pine from the gardens at the royal estate in balmoral, where the queen died last thursday, the gardens at windsor, the queen�*s main home in later years, lavender, rosemary, the symbol of remembrance. yeomen of the guard, one of the royal bodyguards doing their duty in this vigil. and all this under the great hammer beam roof of westminster hall, this great open space without a single pillar to obstruct the view, as the public enter the south of the hall, look down the steps, they are immediately struck by the vision of her majesty�*s coffin resting on its catafalque and beer of red and purple. the welsh guards established at the height

into the grounds of windsor castle will be a smaller committal service, then the imperial orb and sceptreiper will play element, and then there will be later a private service were the queen and her late husband prince philip will be buried together at westminster castle. windsor castle. as we've seen, the prince and princess of wales — william and catherine — have been in sandringham in norfolk today to see the tributes left there for the queen. the royal residence was packed with family while much of the focus has been in scotland and london, here in norfolk, on the sandringham estate, is a growing blanket of flowers — a declaration of people's affection, admiration and appreciation for the late monarch. "where is the queen?" asks three—year—old matilda. "she's up in the clouds," she's told by her mum, charlotte. she has gone, yeah. the queen was very important, wasn't she? she played a big part in everybody�*s lives, didn't she? but now, where is the queen now? at...up in the sky. in heaven, yeah. in the sky. she's gone. she's gone to rest. it's very emotional- and it's really, really.

service will be 45 minutes long a moment the crown jeweler will remove the crown and orb and the sceptre from the coffin. this is a symbol of the end of her reign. of course, on june 2nd, 1953 is when the crown was put on her majesty queen elizabeth ii now it marks the end of her 70-year reign. after the service, her coffin will be lowered into the royal vault. at her own personal request, there will be the piper playing a lament after which, king charles iii and the close members of the royal family when the service finishes will go into windsor castle it has been home to british monarchs for over 500 years and has happy memories for queen elizabeth ii here. during the pandemic, this is where she spent all her time of course, in april of 2021 last year, this is where the funeral of her beloved husband prince philip was at 7:30, there will be a private burial in king george v's chapel is an alcove ofand this is where her father and mother and the ashes of her late sister, princess margaret lay of she will be joined by her beloved husband. that will be a deeply personal burial and persona

at the end of it, the instruments of state — the monarch�*s crown and the orb and sceptre — will be removeda private service, the queen's coffin will be laid to rest with that of her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. with me is the historian and author sir anthony seldon. sir anthony, you spend a lot of your time exploring the hidden machinery, the hidden wiring of the state. what is the relationship, the bit of the relationship, between monarch and government that we don't see? the meetin . s, government that we don't see? tue meetings, the government that we don't see? tte meetings, the weekly government that we don't see? t'tjé: meetings, the weekly meetings government that we don't see? ttj: meetings, the weekly meetings with the monarch. we know her majesty the queen had 15 different prime ministers, got through an alarming rate. we don't really know what happened in those meetings because the prime minister is honour bound never to say, but, the prime minister is honour bound neverto say, but, look, the prime minister is honour bound never to say, but, look, they are clearly

the queen lying in state with the sceptre placed on top of her coffin, draped in the royal standard into said they almost got a private moment with the queen because they are left to their own devices. people stay an appropriate length of time, pay their respects and carry on. they know how many people are behind them and how much appetite there is. so many marshals. they will even have a chance to sit down. take a moments side of the queue, they can go back and where they left the queue. the huge numbers of people just visible coming down those stairs to pass by the queen lying in state and the military guard, another thing for them to digests when they walk into this incredible space. the silence in there, the shuffling of people's feet the only sound that every 20 minutes the changing of that military guard around the queen's coffin. it is quite an experience, people know that is the end point of those hours and the queue times, the last update we have had is back down to 14 last update we have had is back down to 1a hours. a considerable time to be standing around but a lot less bl

the royal standard, orb and sceptre will be placed on top of her coffin.d the clock by a vigil of units from the sovereign's body guard, the household division, or yeomen warders of the tower of london. the public will be able to file past the coffin 2a hours a day — from 5pm on wednesday until 6:30am on monday, the day of the funeral. the crowds are expected to be so large that mourners will have to queue for many hours — possibly overnight — and with very little opportunity to sit down. once at the hall, they will first have to pass through airport—style security, and only small bags will be permitted. mourners are being asked to respect the dignity of the event and behave appropriately. they will have to remain silent whilst in the hall, dress appropriately, and no filming or photography will be permitted — nor will the use of mobile phones or any other hand—held devices. details of the route for the lying in state will be revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events for the monarchs of this nati

the sceptre, meaning — symbol for christ. the sceptre, meaning justice and mercy.ls of religion. king charles is now supreme — of religion. king charles is now supreme governor of the church of england _ supreme governor of the church of england. and that flag, a military fla- england. and that flag, a military flag linking the monarch to being head _ flag linking the monarch to being head of— flag linking the monarch to being head of the armed forces. in this country. — head of the armed forces. in this country. the _ head of the armed forces. in this country, the monarch plays all of these _ country, the monarch plays all of these various roles, helping to intertwine state, even church and monarch — intertwine state, even church and monarch. and i think that is a sentence _ monarch. and i think that is a sentence that sums up what our sovereign — sentence that sums up what our sovereign is about, is that our sovereign _ sovereign is about, is that our sovereign rains but does not rule. head _ sovereign rains but does not rule. head of— sovereign rains but does no

the conclusion of the service, the instruments of state, the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptreen presented to the queen at her coronation, were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. with the king watching, the lord chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, broke his wand, the symbol of his authority, to signify the end of a reign and placed it on the coffin. go forth upon thyjourney from this world, 0, christian soul. in the name of god the father almighty, who created thee. in the name ofjesus christ, who suffered for thee. in the name of the holy spirit who strengtheneth thee. the public lamentation for the life and reign of elizabeth ii was coming to a close. it was time for the world to draw back, to leave her, finally, to herfamily, for her burial this evening in a small side chapel alongside her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. huge crowds gathered in near silence, in the streets surrounding westminster, as the queen's coffin was taken to westminster abbey, and then on to windsor. many people, young and old, from across britai

the old and sceptre and flowers chosen by the king. the crown would lay to be removed, a symbolic detachment of the queen from the throne she occupied for 70 years. but not yet. ah ah, not before king charles, the 3rd had led his family, the country and global figures in bidding her farewell the in westminster abbey, where kings and queens across the ages of been crowned, married and buried. oh. here where queen elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth and from the nations of the world. to mourn our love i, the queen's reigns, spend 14 us presidents from harry s truman to joe biden. present here with his wife jill. and she met regularly with 15 british prime ministers. the last list truss invited by the queen to form a government just 2 days before her death. in his sermon, the archbishop of canterbury recalled the queen's life of service and faith. service in life hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet a

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

artifact taken during colonial rule to be returned, including a large diamond that's part of a sovereign sceptre. hydro tosses in johannesburg with more on the reaction to queen elizabeth few. the mood here in south africa was generally low key. some people watched a funeral at home on their television states. but as you can see, it's a normal working day. people are going about the business. some people really didn't seem to care that could have something to do with africa's complicated history with britain. but those who remember the queen with partners remember when she came here 1947. as a young girl with a family back, then it was a title segregation between the races. black african were treated a 2nd class citizen. they couldn't even vote. and some historians said the queen notice this and sometimes forgot about the way black people were being mistreated in south africa when a party ended in 1994 and nelson mandela became for that because 1st that president historian says she had a very close relationship with nelson, my dad, they spoke a lot, they were very fond of each other as to the le

the instruments of state, the imperial state crown, the 0rb the imperial state crown, the orb and sceptre placed on the high altar. with the king watching, the lord chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household broke his wand, a white staff which is the symbol of his authority, and placed it on the coffin. the public lamentation for the life and reign of elizabeth ii was coming to a close. it was time for the world to draw back, to leave her, finally, to herfamily, for her burial this evening in a small side chapel alongside her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i�*m joined now by our royal correspondent daniela relph. it has been a day of remarkable public ceremony. it ends a little bit later here this evening in a private burial. it bit later here this evening in a private burial.— bit later here this evening in a private burial. bit later here this evening in a rivate burial. . , , ., ._ ., private burial. it has been a day of rivate private burial. it has been a day of private family _ private burial. it has been a day of private family grief _ private burial.

funeral as the transition of power was symbolized with the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre. they were atop of the queen's coffin and they are now on the high altar. they will be given to king charles at his coronation. we witnessed history as the royal family united for its final farewell to the queen. never before had anyone in the world seen a state funeral like this broadcast live. this was the first time, and the stillness and the quiet of the city were palpable from where we sat overlooking westminster abbey, you could feel everything stop and the moments of silence. that was a solemn hour-long service that we all witnessed. the queen's casket passed just behind where i'm sitting tonight. it was draped in the royal standard, adorned in a wreath of flowers as she departed london for the last time. now the british people look to the next generation of the royal family to chart what the path will be as king charles puts a lifetime of preparation of this job to the test. we had a funeral, we had a committal service. but tonight the royal family held a private burial close

the royal standard, orb and sceptre will be placed on top of her coffin.ound the clock by a visual guarded around the clock by a vigil of units from the sovereign's bodyguard, the household division, or yeomen warders of the tower of london. the public will be able to file past the coffin 24—hours a day from 5pm on wednesday until 6:30am on monday, the day of the funeral. the crowds are expected to be so large that mourners will have to queue for many hours, possibly overnight, and with very little opportunity to sit down. once at the hall, they will first have to pass through airport style security and only small bags will be permitted. mourners are being asked to respect the dignity of the event and behave appropriately. they will have to remain silent whilst in hall, dress appropriately, and no filming or photography will be permitted. nor will the use of mobile phones or any other hand—held devices. details of the route for the lying in state will be revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events

. >> you just saw a mourner there crossing herself, the stirring sounds of that, what i call a sceptrethe way it drones off the floor and echoes through the rafters, it gets into your bones. >> it does. and it has been happening every 20 minutes as they change the guard and of course, the changing of the guard now is to the late queen's own children. so this is a vigil that keeps on changing over, every 15 to 20 minutes, and this is her children playing a part in that. not just as family members but also in with their own military commitment. and it is a moving scene. >> we heard queen elizabeth hold the orb at her coronation. what is the significance of it? >> it is almost like a symbol of the crown, other members of the royal family. the queen consort. princess ann's husband. and vice admiral lawrence and great children there. >> acting like children. >> children always acting like children. and we can also see some other royals that we haven't seen so far, the duke of kent was there, on wednesday, when the whole family took place, and with their son, and some of the royals that you

ah, on the coffin, a distillation of this public directory person lives in the monica crown, or in sceptre, besides favorite flowers chosen by the king in a hand with his mother. him charles followed the coffin, and that his family on the short journey to westminster abbey. oh, and on towards the altar, late queen's children and grandchildren, accompanied now by their spouses and her great grandchild george and charlotte. we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth. and from the nations of the world, some 500 foreign dignitaries were in the abbey to mark this moment, including the queen's 14th us president and 15th british prime minister, whom she invited to form a government just 2 days before her death. ah . but above the politics she been created that the service should fall most on her constant christian faith that featured the favorite him. the lord is my shepherd. service in life. hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet again the in north carolina, 2 minute funds observed across the country

windsor, a conclusion of which the instruments of state, the imperial great crown, the orb and the sceptre the chief herald, garter king of arms proclaims the styles and titles of elizabeth ii and a fighter will sound a lament.— elizabeth ii and a fighter will sound a lament. w ., ~ i. , sound a lament. nick, thank you very much. -- sound a lament. nick, thank you very much- -- piper- _ the final route for the procession for the queen's coffin will be down the mall, before continuing on to windsor. mourners and well—wishers, hoping to get a prime position, have been camping out there since friday, when the route was announced. 0ur correspondent ashley john—baptiste has spent the day on the mall and hejoins me now from there. i have been on the mall for most of the day where people have come from far and wide to take part in this moment of national mourning, but right now as the funeral looms and people settle down to camp overnight, the atmosphere is particularly poignant. there is a sense of both reflection, but also deep gratitude for the queen. i have been speaking to people here. setti

on the coffin, a distillation this very public, yet every person lives in the monica crown, or in sceptre, besides favorite flowers chosen by the king. in a hand written, his mother. in charles followed the coffin, and that his family on the short journey to westminster abbey. oh, and on towards the altar, late queen's children and grandchildren, accompanied now by their spouses and the great grandchildren, george and charlotte. we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth. and from the nations of the world, some 500 foreign dignitaries were in the abbey to mark this moment, including the queen's 14th us president and 15th british prime minister, whom she invited to form a government just 2 days before her death. ah . but above the politics she'd been created that the service should fall most on her constant christian faith that featured the favorite him. the lord is my shepherd. service in life. hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet again the in more than a 2 minute funds observed across the co

at the conclusion of the service, the instruments of state, the imperial state crown, the orb and sceptreed to the queen at her coronation were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. with the king watching, the lord chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household broke his wand, a white staff which is the symbol of his authority, and placed it on the coffin. the public lamentation for the life and reign of elizabeth ii was coming to a close. it was time for the world to draw back, to leave her, finally, to herfamily, for her burial this evening in a small side chapel alongside her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's go to lucy hockings, who's live in windsor for us. hello, everyone. welcome to windsor, the final resting place of the late queen and where a service has been held in st george's chapel in honour of her life. here on the long walk, tens of thousands of people came to pay their respects. they stood very silently, solemnly, for the funeral procession, then they stayed to watch the committal service on lots of large screens set up. what st

as it has been since her death in the royal standard bearing the imperial crown, and the albany, sceptre will be carried out of the abbey, it will be placed to a state gun carriage, and it will begin a street procession. taking her remains from the abbey. here, down broad sanctuary across parliament, square and whitehall, then across horse guards parade, and up the mount. constitutional hill. constitutional hill. i beg your pardon to wellington arch, where it will be transferred to the state her. so then taken on the roughly to our road journey to windsor where later on this afternoon, there'll be a final committal service in front of 800 guests at saint george's chapel. and then at 7 30 pm, 630 gmc, a very private ceremony. the final, in terms of the queen's casket in the royal vault where she would lie beside her husband for that who died last year as well as her mother and her father, king george, the sick i speak to a marching band of the preparations for the funeral are playing, they are walking down broad sanctuary past the entrance to the abbey. presumably going to take up positio

the orb and sceptre commissioned for the coronation of charles ii in 1661 sits on top of the covenant of those filing into westminster hall now may have just picked up the fact that they are going to share their time here with the queen's grandchildren. none could have had any idea of the unusual nature their moment of respectful pilgrimage would take when theyjoined the queue hours ago. we will see standing vigil the prince of wales, the duke of sussex, princess beatrice and princess eugenie, zara tindall, former bbc sports personality of the year and skilled equestrian, her brother peter phillips who was the queen's first grandchild and lady louise windsor who has just started first grandchild and lady louise windsor who hasjust started her studies at st andrews university where the prince of wales study it and met his wife, and her brother, james, viscount severn, aged just 14, the queen's youngest grandson. the current watch being taken by officers of the welsh guards, along with his majesty's bodyguard of honourable gentleman a core of arms. earlier today they were joined by memb

the sceptre which was received by the queen as the incident of kingly power and justice.and his righteousness upon his children's children. go forth upon thyjourney from this world, 0 christian soul; in the name of god the father almighty who created thee; in the name ofjesus christ who suffered for thee; in the name of the holy spirit who strengtheneth thee. in communion with the blessed saints, and aided by angels and archangels, and all the armies of the heavenly host, may thy portion this day be in peace, and thy dwelling in the heavenlyjerusalem. amen. thus it hath pleased almighty god to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the late most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch, elizabeth ii, by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of her other realms and territories, queen, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, and sovereign of the most noble order of the garter. piper plays a lament let us humbly beseech almighty god to blessl with long life, health and _ honour, and all worldly. happine

the conclusion of the service, the instruments of state, the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptrebeen presented to the queen at her coronation, were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. with the king watching, the lord chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, broke his wand, the symbol of his authority, to signify the end of a reign and placed it on the coffin. go forth upon thyjourney from this world, 0, christian soul. in the name of god the father almighty, who created thee. in the name ofjesus christ, who suffered for thee. in the name of the holy spirit who strengtheneth thee. the public lamentation for the life and reign of elizabeth ii was coming to a close. it was time for the world to draw back, to leave her, finally, to herfamily, for her burial this evening in a small side chapel alongside her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. among those invited to the queen's funeral were almost 200 people who were recogised in her birthday honours list this year. one of those is stuart mclellan who works for the scottish ambulance servic

at the end of it, the instruments of state, the monarch's crown and the orb and sceptre, will be removedr late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. officials in ukraine say they've found evidence of mass graves around the recently liberated city of izyum. more than 400 bodies are thought to be buried. the city was captured by russian in april but retaken by ukrainian forces at the weekend as part of a lightening advance that recaptuted a swathe of territory. 0ur senior international corresponent 0rla guerin reports from izyum. trying to tow away unintended gifts from moscow. left behind after a russian rout, now stuck in a ditch near the city of izyum. "come on," andrewjokes, "let's give it a push." ukrainian troops savouring their victory. a roadside reunion among brothers in arms. "ukraine is winning," he tells us. "now we feel strong. "i thank europe, especially britain and borisjohnson. "and thanks to the united states. "without their support i would probably be dead already." inside izyum, ukrainian forces now own the streets. defeat here was a real blow for the russians. they used

the orb, the sceptre, the crown. yeah, stunning. very solemn and serene and perfect. and in ukraine, president zelensky visits a newly—liberated city, after thousands of square miles are retaken from russian forces. we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail — a single word which someone has written in broken english. "sorry." hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. (take live os westminster hall). this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty's coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we'll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who've been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar

the jewellers placed the orb and sceptre which is used at coronations, a representation of the power the dominion of christ over the world. it sits there alongside the world. it sits there alongside the imperial state crown. and that arrangement of flowers, some from balmoral, some from windsor. the duty officer bangs his stick twice. to signal a change of the guard. yeomen of the guard and the gentlemen at arms make their way into the centre of westminster hall. they will be on duty around—the—clock between now and monday morning. when the coffins carried to westminster abbey for the funeral. these ancient orders of royal body guards will be joined by member of the royal company of archers, the queen's body guard in scotland. who we saw on duty at st giles' cathedral in edinburgh. the yeomen of the guard, soldiers from all branches of the british armed services. sharing duties with them, officers from the regiments of them, officers from the regiments of the household division, four at a time, one at each corner of the coffin. members of household cavalry. laterthey coffin. members

the royal standard, orb and sceptre will be placed on top of her coffin.own. once at the hall, they will first have to pass through airport—style security, and only small bags will be permitted. mourners are being asked to respect the dignity of the event and behave appropriately. they will have to remain silent whilst in hall, dress appropriately, and no filming or photography will be permitted — nor will the use of mobile phones or any other hand—held devices. details of the route for the lying in state will be revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events for the monarchs of this nation. but its most sacred duty is once again to provide a final place where the people of this nation can pay their final respects. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. the king is currently flying to edinburgh and we expect him to arrive within the next hour for the first duty at 1pm that he will be joining, the ceremony of the keys at the palace of holyroodhouse, that is where the queen�*s coffin is currently resting. the quee

at the end of it, the instruments of state — the monarch's crown and the orb and sceptre — will be removedo rest with that of her late husband. nicholas witchell, bbc news. there was a very special moment at the end of that ceremony when the queen's staff of office is broken, i think i am right in saying by the lord chamberlain, which effectively marks the end of his authority on her behalf. the queues for a westminster hall have been taking hours to reach this point at victoria gardens by the victoria tower which is the start of the home straight as people are at the very edge of the building of the palace of westminster. still walking towards the corner of the palace as it then meets milbank, the road that runs all the way past the parliament square and down towards westminster railway station, underground station, which is where the security entrances are. before that, an idea of the other end of this process. this is the easy bit, you have a straight walk up to the palace of westminster. just before that on the side of the river you have the tough bit, this is the airport security. the

and pay their respects to her majesty at the lying—in—state, with the imperial crown, the orb and sceptreime at 6.30 in the morning. i cannot, i have no idea. there is a long queue. it depends how quickly people get through, so... thank you. yes. well, thank you for coming out tonight. there is a chance you may not get a wristband this evening. ijust wanted to give you the heads up. what? you may not get a wristband this evening. why? those last mourners are hoping to pay their respects, of course, to the queen before the doors close at 6:30am. a few hours later, the queen's coffin will be taken in procession to westminster abbey for her funeral service, attended by the royal family and hundreds of foreign leaders and heads of state, but also some members of the public, chelsea pensioners, some nhs workers, members of the armed forces, especially chosen to attend the event. after the funeral service her coffin will be taken to windsor — that was her home for much of the last two years during the pandemic — and laid to rest in st george's chapel. this evening, the nation fell silent for a

the royal standard, orb and sceptre will be placed on top of her coffin.ours a day from 5pm on wednesday until 6:30am on monday, the day of the funeral. the crowds are expected to be so large that mourners will have to queue for many hours, possibly overnight, and with very little opportunity to sit down. once at the hall, they will first have to pass through airport style security and only small bags will be permitted. mourners are being asked to respect the dignity of the event and behave appropriately. they will have to remain silent whilst in hall, dress appropriately, and no filming or photography will be permitted. nor will the use of mobile phones or any other hand—held devices. details of the route for the lying in state will be revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events for the monarchs of this nation. its most sacred duty is once again to provide a final place where the people of this nation can pay their final respects. i�*m joined now by liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey. good morn