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At westminster abbey after will be conducted by the dean of westminster. before the service the tenor bell of the abbey will be tolled every minute for 96 minutes, one for each year of the queens life. after the service the procession sets off to wellington arch. members of the royal family will follow on foot. the queens coffin will then be moved to the state hurst and the procession will continue to st. georges chapel at windsor castle which is the west of london. the queen will be buried in a...

Begins in exactly three hours. and it will be a grand ceremony. the queens cough, cough and will be taken from westminster hall, onto a state gun carriage of the royal navy which will be drawn by 142 sailors to the abbey. members of the royal family will be followed by the coffin with existing members of all three branches of the services on parliament square. the queens cough and will enter the west door of the abbey and will be placed upon the high altar. the service itself led by the dean of ...

Reflect on the life and the legacy of queen elizabeth the second. now those people who will be among the final few to go into westminster hall and see her coffin what a moment to witness. so many people have wanted to be here. and come to westminster hall and experience that moment of stillness and silence. and reflection on what the country is all going through. and how we mourn the loss of a great monarch. today, though. even greater numbers are expected to be in attendance for the funeral its...

Get thousands at westminster abbey? much more at windsor castle, who do we know who will be in attendance when the queens body arrives at the final resting place? >> good morning, jonathan. as you mentioned, it will be a massive event taking place where you are in london and 2,000 people including foreign dignitaries to say their final goodbyes to her majesty, the queen and 1:00 p.m., she will leave london for the last time. we have an image we can show you of the route she will take traveling t...

Setup here. and those dignitaries, heads of government, heads of state, being bussed in to this funeral at westminster abbey in cha is described as an intensely personal service, which will reflect queens devotion to the faith she loved. as dignitaries will be among the 2,000 congregation there at west mens minister abby. that funeral will start in an hour and quarters time. you heard the bells tolling there at westminster abbey. lets just listen in for a moment. ♪

She married her beloved prince ph philip, some 75 years ago. and where today so many from all around the world, more than 100, foreign dignitaries, royals, prime ministers, princes and presidents will pay their last respects to queen elizabeth ii, anderson. >> images of the members of the british navy who will be moving with, dragging the funeral. its extraordinary the history of what we are looking at. the fact that that -- did you call it a cortege? >> this is the front of the procession. that...

Stays with people for the rest of their lives. in this country very very few people that will remember an event at the scale and 1965. winston churchill was of course the last big states few know that we had. this is going to be even bigger than that. were expecting already in town. 500 foreign dignitaries visiting royals prime ministers, presidents the world has descended here on the capitol. and the world will be watching as well. this is a fluid just a cool undertaking on a scale that very fe...

Dignitaries and the threat picture that comes in a country thats seen the london bridge attack, the westminster bridge attack, saw cars ramming into crowds, knife attacks, explosives, an attack on the security forces guarding apar parliament, they have geared up for this with that counterterrorism overlay that has layers and layers of bomb sq squad, radiation detection, theyve built it out. that is monday, tuesday is a travel day, and wednesday, although some world leaders end up in new york cit...

Periods we went over the next hour, we will preview a majestic pageantry never seen by most people living today. we will hear reaction from palace watches and re-examines the future of the british monarchy under the reign of king charles iii. we are told more than 2,000 heads of states and had dignitaries while converging in westminster abbey will do so in a couple of hours from now. as you might imagine, the gathering will require security on a scale not seen here since world war ii, perhaps ne...

Clarissa? >> erin, thats right. well, the doors opened two hours ago. and really its in the last half hour that we have seen some of those foreign dignitaries starting to arrive. kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers from all over the world. we have seen the french president emmanuel macron arriving with his wife. also the german president walter steinmeyer as well as the brazilian president, bolsonaro, arriving. you also heard that bell tolling. that is the tenor bell that has been tolling...