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The streets, waiting to get a glimpse of history. but on the other hand, its definitely gray skies, somber mood an air of ref verence and there are moments of sadness and moments of patriotism when we heard the royal marines playing there. and were seeing now another motorcade arriving of two buses. this presumably carrying more of the foreign dignitaries who are expected to attend. we have seen irish leader, michael margin, foreign minister of turkey, nato secretary genjen stoltenberg and more ...

The bus with all the other dignitaries. sources say they did agree in london, anyone part of the g-7, we cant tell you to take the bus. >> here comes president biden as we speak, they brought marine one. >> piers: i interviewed president trump when he came for his state visit. when you see the machinery of the american presidency all in one place, it is quite staggering. air force one, the backup plane, marine one issue the backup helicopter, secret service, extraordinary show of power and that ...

Abbey. we have seen a couple notable dignitaries so far. the foreign secretary. we expect, of course, british prime minister, liz truss, the queens 15th and final prime minister to read the lesson. at the beginning of the service, which will be presided over by the dean of westminster. but the archbishop of canterbury will also deliver the sermon. and then at the end, there will be a two-minute silence followed by the national anthem, which during our life time, becky, was always "god save the q...

Which is just across the road from westminster abbey, and that casket will move to westminster abbey. the military all part of what is a solemn but celebratory day today the funeral of queen elizabeth ii. clarissa ward is outside westminster abbey where we have now seen a steady stream of heads of government, heads of state, members of royalty from around the world arriving for this service, clarissa. >> thats right, becky. were starting to see those foreign dignitaries, more than 100 from aroun...

Horses buckle and the harnesses broke and the navy came in to pull the casket. will youll see the naval men pulling the casket with a backup. >> i forgot about that image of a young justin trudeau whose father was the prime minister of canada. and were seeing some of those dignitaries getting off the buses, filing into westminster abbey. thank you both so much. when we come back, the unprecedented security operation to protect london during the queens funeral. protect londone queens funeral.

Two minutes of silence will be observed. and then the bearer party will take the coffin out. more than 10,000 police officers will be on duty for the queens funeral today to ensure that there is not any successful attempts to disrupt todays events. hundreds of thousands of people already lining the streets here behind us on that funeral route from central london to berkshire where the late queen will be buried. 500 foreign dignitaries for the state funeral in westminster abbey. it will be the bi...

End of this ten days of mourning. becky? >> that is the band, the royal marines playing. this is the pageantry that you would expect from such a high profile occasion here in the uk. the likes of which we havent seen in living memory. and the juxtaposition between this rather uplifting music from the marines is the tenor bell. the tenor bell at the abbey, which has been tolling every minute and will continue to do so until 11:00 a.m. that will be 96 minutes, 96 tolls reflecting the years of quee...

Burial in the royal vault alongside her husband prince philip in windsor this evening. >> as we are watching traditions that go back centuries and updated by the queens agreement grandmother, queen victoria in 1901. the queens casket will arrive at windsor castle, with the procession ending outside st. georges chapel. she will be the first female sovereign there. we will be bringing you the committal service for which some of the music was composed by the former chapel organist who is believed t...

Joins us now, jonathan has been here with us quite a bit this week, good to have you back. your thoughts as we look at this soaring camera shot of westminster abbey, jonathan, this morning. >> jonathan: westminster abbey looking fantastic this morning and so it should be for the funeral of her late majesty queen elizabeth ii. the great and good from around the world drives home how important of a figure she has been in the u.k. and on the world stage, very few people command this level of respec...

Country as a kingdom united. the eye looks as the global scale of the occasion of the state funeral has does the guardian highlighting the presence of all of those many foreign leaders and dignitaries. and the front page of the times, quote, from controls the thirds message of thanks to the public for their tributes. and good wishes. while the financial times carries this captivating black and white photograph from the queen lying in state. well kate spencer is still with us. katie, you mentione...