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In a day of ceremony and sorrow, the nation and the world has bidden farewell to queen elizabeth ii. pipes and drums. king charles followed the procession of his mothers coffin from westminster hall as the state funeral began. singing. the coffin was carried into westminster abbey for a service attended by 2,000 guests including 500 foreign leaders, royals and dignitaries. all the generations together — the queens grand and great grand children took their places. all who follow the queens exam...

Dont touch my piano. kick pain in the aspercreme. ♪ ♪ >> jonathan: as we mentioned earlier in our special broadcast, the state funeral of queen elizabeth ii has brought together more than 2,000 heads of states and dignitaries from around the globe. president biden and first lady dr. jill biden are among them. yesterday, the first couple visited westminster hall where the late monarch lying in state since last wednesday. the roster of vips attending this mornings funeral, we bring

>> absolutely. last night king charles hosting what one paper has described as the diplomatic reception of the century with 1,000 guests at buckingham palace, including the u.s. president. emmanuel macron, the french president, justin trudeau, the leader of canada and we have been looking at the pictures of royal canadian police in london today. as we look at pictures here, live pictures of westminster abbey, as the final general members of the general congregation get seated ahead of these worl...

Political leaders may have flown in from all corners of the world, but their last journey was by bus. rarely have so many african leaders shared an outing quite like this. but there were too many of them to come by car, so they came together and queued together. in they came, some 500 foreign dignitaries in all, including about 100 heads of state and government. from north america, the president of the united states, joe biden, and his wife. they did not take the bus. and justin trudeau, the pri...

Neutrality. and that was shaken with the death of dianne why as depicted in the movie "the queen." . she learned a difficult lesson during that time. and understood that sense of detatchment needed to move forward. to a new britain she didnt understand zblcht she won an academy award for playing that role, "the queen." there is boris johnson. entering westminster abbey as the dignitaries continue to come inside. caddie, just sort of atmospherics for people watching back in the united states. you...

Equipment checked that gives you an idea how seriously theyre taking this event. 10,000 extra officers as weve been reporting have been deployed from all over the country, even one-half thousand members of the army. its not just king charles iii who they have to protect who has been in buckingham palace the past few days. it is also hundreds of foreign dignitaries arriving. we saw a number of them here at a reception hosted by the king yesterday evening. and obviously, they will be arriving at w...

Entered buckingham palace for this reception yesterday evening. in terms of the logistics of what is going toe happen, this is such a tightly choreographed event as well, theyre not taking any chances on that either. scott was just reporting that line outside westminster hall will soon close. and less than an hour and a half, as i said at 8:00 a.m., foreign dignitaries and local members of charities who have been invited, royals, members of the close family will start taking their seats at westm...

Seeing here now. as the guests enter westminster abbey. clarissa? >> becky, you know, we had the fortune of running into the archbishop of canterbury, as he was crossing westminster bridge to greet queen elizabeth iis coffin at westminster hall. and he talked about the queens unique ability in terms of her memory. she had this extraordinary ability to remember names, faces, people, who she had come into contact with, whether they were dignitaries, whether they were world leaders, whether they we...

Individual leaders security protocols with british security? >> well, of course, on a one to one basis, that is always quite a challenge. although we meet one of these people very, very regularly. there are vip visits coming in and oit of london every week. it is challenging. for this specific event over the next few hours, its been made bate simpler. the various dignitaries agreed to travel collectively. theyve been meeting at a secure location in west london and coming in, as you say, the pods...

Queen elizabeth ii. >> well, these plans have been years in the making. they are meticulous, the logistics, the security. quite overwhelming when you consider them from a laymans point of view but not for authorities, not for the military. im joined by nina del santos at buckingham palace with more. nina? >> thanks very much, becky. this is all part of a very sophisticated operation that has been as you said decades in the making here called operation london bridge. the death of a monarch and th...