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afterwards, thousands will line the route of a procession, along whitehall, onto the mall and past buckingham palace, before making the journey in the royal hearse to windsor, where the queen will be buried alongside her husband prince philip. our royal correspondent daniela relph looks ahead to a momentous day. this is a previously unseen photo of the queen taken at windsor in may, and released by buckingham palace for today. she is wearing aquamarine clip brooches given to her on her 18th birthday by her father. today, the country over which she reigned for seven decades says its final goodbye. it has been a week of vigils and insights into a family s private grief. hip hip! hooray! we have watched a new king and queen consort meeting the crowds who came out to greet them. ..seen a new prince and princess of wales take on new titles and hear people s memories of the queen. ..and shared the sadness of the younger members of the royal family, as they paid tribute to their b ....
here, it really does. the accessible queue has now closed, and there s a warning the general queue will shut well before the funeral service. the line currently stretches back five miles. next week, the queen s coffin will be transferred to westminster abbey for herfuneral, led by the dean of westminster. right at the heart of this is a family funeral, we mustn t forget that. deeply personal and a very, very difficult thing for a family to navigate. but this is also a celebration of a quite extraordinary life. this evening, the queen s eight grandchildren, including princes william and harry, will hold a vigil by their grandmother s coffin. also on the programme. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a mass burial site, newly liberated in north eastern ukraine. hundreds protest outside new scotland yard over the shooting dead of 24 year old chris kaba. and football pays tribute to the queen in the first full week ....
get their moment in front of the queen s coffin in westminster hall to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. at her lying in state ahead of the funeral on monday. duty officer signals led by the prince of wales and the duke of sussex, they all took their places around the coffin in westminster hall. it s the first time in history a monarch s grandchildren have performed the ceremony. a complete privilege, absolute privilege to see them honouring their grandmother. a moment that i will never forget. to see her grandchildren respecting her like that was so moving, really moving. thousands continue to queue to see the lying in state, and earlier, those near the front had a surprise visit. hip hip! crowd: king charles greeted mourners, thanking those who d waited through the night. the current waiting time is 17 hours. the accessible queue has closed for good. also tonight. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a ....
in front of her coffin. there will be a brief pause of these people filing past as the royal party takes up its position. the prince of wales. leading his brother and his cousins down the stairs in the north corner of westminster hall. three more taps, the signal to move forward. the cousins. again, wait further instruction. the prince of wales, taking his position at the head of the coffin. and injust a moment, this royal vigil by the queen s grandchildren will begin. the end of the royal vigil by the queen s grandchildren here at westminster. the prince of wales and the duke of sussex wearing the uniform of the blues and royals, the prince of wales served in the regiment before becoming an raf pilot. the duke of sussex reached the rank of captain and served two tours in afghanistan. the duke given special permission to wear his uniform at this vigil by his father. and you probably spotted the earl and countess of wessex looking on as their children stood with the ....
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay ....