Prince Harry and Prince William will walk alongside their father, King Charles III, today as they will follow the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state.
After being laid overnight in the Bow Room — the same room in the palace’s west wing used by the Queen to host world leaders — the monarch will depart her longstanding home in London for a final time in a procession due to begin at 2.22pm on Wednesday.
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Buckingham Palace from St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on Tuesday, where it was received by King Charles III, Queen’s grandchildren, their spouses and other senior royals.
The procession of the Queen’s coffin from Edinburgh saw a journey marked by huge lines of mourners filling the streets of the two capital cities in drizzly weather.
Mourners travelling to London have been warned they face a 35-hour queue to pay their respects when the monarch lies in state at Westminster Hall.
