The country has come together to say farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen’s coffin was carried from New Palace Yard towards Westminster Abbey on the Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage
Leading the procession were around 200 pipers and drummers of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas and RAF
The coffin was followed by the King and other members of the royal family on foot, including the Prince of Wales and King Charles
The coffin arrived at Westminster Abbey and was carried inside by the bearer party of Grenadier Guards ahead of the state funeral service
The short procession, to the sound of bagpipes and with Big Ben tolling, took around eight minutes
On top of the coffin was placed a wreath including flowers requested by King Charles
They include rosemary, for remembrance, and myrtle cut from a plant which was grown from a sprig of myrtle in the Queen’s wedding bouquet
The Dean of Windsor told the congregation: “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 loss, to remember her long life of selfless service”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has hailed the Queen’s “abundant life and loving service” as he delivered the sermon at her state funeral, adding: “She was joyful, present to so many, touching a multitude of lives”
Mourners he added, who “follow the Queen’s example, and inspiration of trust and faith in God, can with her say: ‘We will meet again’,”
State trumpeters from the Household Cavalry have sounded the Last Post following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s commendation over the Queen’s coffin
Two minute’s silence followed across the country before Reveille was sounded by the trumpeters
After the service the coffin, followed by the King, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, Duke of York and the Princess Royal, began its procession towards Wellington Arch after it was placed back onto the State Gun Carriage
As the procession left Westminster Abbey for Wellington Arch, other members of the royal family watched on
The Queen Consort, Duchess of Sussex, the Princess of Wales and the Countess of Wessex were seen looking sombre as the King and his siblings marched off
As the funeral procession moved past the Cenotaph in London, the King, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex saluted the memorial to Britain and the Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars
There was applause and cheers after the Queen’s coffin passed them and circled round the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace
The Royal Hearse carried the coffin to Windsor Castle where a carpet of flowers greeted mourners arriving at St George’s Chapel for the Queen’s Committal service
The crowds who fell silent as the state hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin entered the Long Walk in Windsor then broke out into applause as the end of the funeral procession passed by
Emma, the Queen’s Fell Pony, watched the procession carrying her owner’s coffin as it arrived at Windsor Castle
The horse was stood on grass at a gap in the floral tributes along the Long Walk
Members of the Queen’s Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards carried the Queen’s coffin into St George’s Chapel
As the Septre,Orb and Crown are removed from the coffin and the King placed the standard on it and the wand of the Lord Chamberlain is broken and placed on the coffin symbolising the end of her reign
Then the Queen’s coffin is seen in public for the last time after being lowered into the Royal Vault and a piper played a lament which fades away into the distance
The Dean of Windsor recited Psalm 103, which
includes the traditional line: “Go forth upon thy journey from this world, O Christian soul”
A final service will happen later today,a private service for close family which will see the coffin placed alongside that of her father and mother,her husband and her sister
