The final day of the Queen’s lying in state has begun, with a minute’s silence to be held at 8pm
The late monarch's coffin will remain in Westminster Hall for the public to view until 6.30am on Monday, ahead of the state funeral in Westminster Abbey, with Sunday likely to be the last chance to join the queue.
Camilla, in pre-recorded words on the BBC, will speak of how Queen Elizabeth II was a "solitary woman" in a male-dominated world.There will also be a service of reflection near Falkirk, Scotland at 7.30pm. The King and Queen Consort will host world leaders and official overseas guests at the palace, in what the King's spokesman described as an "official state event".
The Prince of Wales, at the head of the coffin, with his brother the Duke of Sussex at the foot, both in the Blues and Royals No 1 uniform, stood with their heads bowed in her honour in sombre silence in the vast Westminster Hall.Harry was between Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, with 18-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn - the Queen's youngest grandchild who is just 14 - at the middle on either side of the coffin.
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