Good afternoon. King charles has been meeting the Prime Minister, liz truss, at Buckingham Palace in the last hour, as final preparations continue for Queen Elizabeths State Funeral tomorrow. Hes also hosting a reception for hundreds of World Leaders and royals this evening. Officials are now advising people thinking ofjoining the queue not to set off, with the line expected to close later this afternoon. Last night, the queens eight grandchildren, led by Princes William and harry, stood vigil around her coffin. Its the First Time Ever that the grandchildren of a monarch have taken part in the ceremony. And the us president , joe biden, arrived yesterday, as World Leaders continue to arrive in london for tomorrows funeral. James lendel reports. The funeral may be tomorrow but World Leaders are gathering already. The us President Joe Biden and his wife touched down late last night. One of more than 500 foreign dignitaries assembling to pay their respects to a woman in the world knew as
in state in westminster hall, and still people are queueing in their thousands this lunchtime in central london, waiting to be able to be let in to go and pay their respects in the final hours before the queen s funeral. later on this evening, at eight o clock, there will be a one minute s silence that will be a national event, and it will be another poignant moment in a week of so many powerful, poignant moments for, once again, people to come together to remember, reflect, to mourn the queen, whose funeral takes place in central london tomorrow. thank you, helen r. people hoping to join the queue to see queen elizabeth lying in state have been told not to set off from home if they haven t already done so. the line will shut at some point later today before the late queen s coffin is moved to westminster abbey for her funeral tomorrow.
people who haven t already left their homes to join the queue should not do so, because we expect some time in the coming hours, that official announcement that the queue has been closed any newcomers, because what they don t want to happen is for people to spend hours queueing only to be told they cannot get in before the doors to westminster hall close at 6:30 in the morning. charlotte, i think, westminster hall close at 6:30 in the morning. charlotte, ithink, can hear us now. charlotte come over to you. hear us now. charlotte come over to ou. , ., ., , ., hear us now. charlotte come over to ou. ., you. there is an army of people crueuein you. there is an army of people queueing up you. there is an army of people queueing up to you. there is an army of people queueing up to get you. there is an army of people queueing up to get inside i queueing up to get inside westminster hall to see the queen lying in state and paying their respects, and there is also an army of volunteers h
ultimate point is that they are here for a very short period of time, so the main focus will be on the queen, because the moment the funeral is over tomorrow, because the moment the funeral is overtomorrow, most because the moment the funeral is over tomorrow, most of these leaders are heading straight to the airport, many of them are going to wear the real diplomatic action is, which is the big un summit in new york later this week. and if you would like to watch more of that interivew with the queen consort, camilla s full tribute to the queen will be broadcast in a special programme on bbc one tonight at 7pm. the queen s lying in state will end at 6.30 tomorrow morning. then at 10.114, her coffin will be moved from westminster hall a short distance away, to westminster abbey, where her state funeral service will be held. the royal navy s state gun carriage, seen here rehearsing, will bear the coffin, drawn by 142 sailors. senior members of the royal family, including the new king an
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