Queen’s Funeral Rites Begin

Large queues are forming along the banks of the river Thames, as people wait for the Queen’s lying-in-state slated to begin later in the day as the Queen’s coffin remains at Buckingham Palace ahead of a procession to Westminster Hall later

Princes William and Harry, along with King Charles III, will walk behind the coffin as it is carried on a gun carriage

During the procession, guns will be fired at Hyde Park and Big Ben will toll

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to file past the coffin to pay their respects, with a huge policing operation in place

In the meantime, Marshalls are working their way down the queue on Albert Embankment to hand out yellow wristbands to the first 2,000 people there which will be used to see the Queen lying-in-state in Westminster Hall this afternoon once the crowd starts moving over the bridge.

In typically British fashion, the queues to see the Queen lying-in-state have been building steadily overnight and this morning.

Westminster Hall will begin allowing the public in from 17:00 BST tonight, running continuously until 06:30 BST on Monday, the day of the funeral.

BBC/ Oluwayemisi Owonikoko

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