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>> piers: i think like 140 of them, something like that, huge number and they are all royal navy. all around the carriage will be other parts of the british armed forces. you are seeing the army, the air force, the navy, you will see they are there, the arches, the yomens, the guards, all sorts of regimens represented here today. this was of course, their commander-in-chief and somebody they gave service to. >> martha: last royal monarch funeral was 1760, the choice for elizabeth to have her funeral here was deliberate and it is a place she celebrated her own wedding to philip and also her cor...

The guardian 2017 that revealed the plan for operation london bridge, which was the code word for the king has passed that set into motion what we have watched the last ten, 12 days depending on how you counted. a live it was done with direction with her consultation, every him, every reading, every person involved. the decisions to televise the actual funeral in westminster abbey. the first one of the monarchs in 1760. the decision to televise the dropping of the coffin into the vault which was such a moment of finality and had to have been as anyone who attends a burial of a family member. t...

Westminster abbey. it was important for the queen to have this service at westminster. >> yes. westminster abbey, this is the first funeral for a monarch that we have seen since 1760. and the queen, she had so many wonderful times here. she was married here in 1947, that great post war wedding. she was crowned here in 1953 where it currently holds 2,000 people and for the coronation they got in 8,200. they really got in extra people. and really all these people here today commemorating the greatness, the 70 years of the queen's reign. she vowed when she was just 21 to dedicate their life in se...

I think as well there has not been a state funeralfor a monarch in westminster abbey since the funeral for george ii westminster abbey since the funeral for george i! back in 1760. when we followed the events back in 1952 for the funeral of george vi, the queen's father, there was indeed a procession in central london, but it went from westminster hall up to paddington station and to windsor. there was no service at the abbey. there was no service at the abbey. the green very much wanted the service at westminster abbey, this is her wish, and service at westminster abbey, this is herwish, and ...

The abbey, since 1760, so, truly a day of history, and the funeral service for the longest reigning monarch in british history. the wreath chosen for its symbolism, rosemary for remembrance, mertelj, the ancient symbol of a happy marriage, going from a sprig in the wedding bouquet of the princess elizabeth back in 1947, an english oak, symbolising the strength of love. the standard lowered by the royal legion, the royal air force benevolent fund, for soldiers, sailors and air force veterans. the royal air force,