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Burial service at half past seven. well, around 500 heads of state, dignitaries and members of royal families from around the world will be attending the queens funeral at westminster abbey. it will be one of the biggest security and logistical challenges the country has ever seen as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this ancient abbey may be the stage for an historic state funeral on monday,

And all of this is coming just days before queen elizabeths funeral. perhaps the biggest security event that london has ever faced. tom forman is joining us now to tell us all about it. tom? >> reporter: five miles long, thousands and thousands of people are waiting in these long lines weaving back and forth to pay their respects while queen elizabeth lies in state but more could turn out on monday, when royalty from around the world will also arrive. its a day that security experts say could be...

King and his three siblings. this is a rare opportunity for anyone to be in this presence. especially at a moment like this. >> people have said, many people have said they want to be able to tell their children, their grandchildren, that they were there. just going past the queens coffin. so as you say, going past the four siblings, the four royals, and all of the other royals looking on. i mean, thats got to be absolutely amazing. and again, its lovely how its not just been saved for dignitari...

One of the mourners soccer star david beckham, saw him moments ago paying his respect. and tonight king charles and his siblings are expected to hold vigil over the queens coffin. joining us now keir simmons, what are we learning about plans for the funeral and other events? >> reporter: jose, around 2,000 dignitaries are expected at west minister abbey behind me. let me show you how close it is to westminster hall. if we pan that way, that is the route that charles and william and harry will wa...

Occasions. you know? so hes speaking to his roots. having said that i know that there have been dignitaries to go to the top of the queue and probably could have if he wanted to but he and another television presenter all power to them because the celebrities and those people who have chosen to stand in line for hour after hour after hour and be mobbed and people to take selfies with them and for david beckham people forgot to move in awe of him but the fact they did that speaks volumes about th...

Go back to the funeral of jfk, before we understood terrorism the way we do today. but the event itself, the presence of royal family, the 500 dignitaries who are coming from the around the world as pro protectees. and then you put on top of that the massive crowds, live television and that it is unfolding on the world stage, if you have been in a counter-terrorism planning events, it has everything. and it is a challenge. >> certainly is. you just heard max foster report that as many as 2 milli...

The procession will travel from wellington arch in central london, past heathrow airport before arriving at windsor castle. the final part of the procession up windsor�*s famous long walk is expected to be done on foot. a committal service will then take place at four oclock in st georges chapel, before the queen is buried alongside the duke of edinburgh in a private burial service at 7.30. well, around 500 heads of state, dignitaries and members of royal families from around the world will be...

Target but the crowds will be too following the state funeral. the coffin will be taken back, move again from this point to wellington arch. if youve ever walked through london, you have a sense of how far this is. the foreign dignitaries will not come along on this but king charles iii will lead some member of the royal family, on foot, behind the coffin while the queen consort camilla and others follow by car. crowds are expected to line the entire route and that walking procession has securit...

Cardiff castle, where this first tour of the new kings reign ended, dates from the time of william the conqueror, a reminder in medieval architecture of the long continuities the monarchy is rooted in. here, in the afternoon sunshine, the king greeted thousands who had come to see him. it was a relaxed end to an otherwise energetic first week, a week in which it has been easy to forget that the king is also leading his family through a period of intense private sorrow. sorrow upon which the eyes...

Was temporarily shut down. we get more now from cbs charlie dagata in london. >> reporter: the river of people lining up to pay their respects has become a flood, determined mourners braving cold have been warned it could take up to 24 hours. former soccer star david beckham, somber and in a suit, who could have skipped the line, chose to wait from 2:00 a.m., 13 hours in total, for just a few brief moments with her majesty. tonight, ching charles and his three sib lings stood vigil, a symbolic l...