Margaret Thatcher funeral rehearsal – in pictures

A gun carriage from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery pulls outside St Clement Danes church in Westminster Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the armed forces on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral during a full dress rehearsal Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Members of the Royal Navy line a street during the rehearsal near St Paul's Cathedral Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

A flag-draped coffin is carried on a gun carriage past St Clement Danes church Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A flag-draped coffin is carried on a gun carriage in the City of London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Welsh Guards march in front of St Paul's Cathedral Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Members of Britain's armed forces rehearse in the early hours on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A gun carriage from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery passes through Ludgate Circus during the rehearsal Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

A flag-draped coffin is carried on a gun carriage towards St Paul's Cathedral during a full military rehearsal Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Members of the army rehearse in the early hours of the morning Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Welsh Guards march during rehearsals Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Coffin bearers from the three military services take part in the rehearsal Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Members of the armed forces march up Ludgate Hill Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Bearers from the three military services carry the coffin up the cathedral steps Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images