Full details for the Queen's state funeral next week have been confirmed.
Buckingham Palace announced a team of nearly 100 Royal Navy sailors set to carry Her Majesty's coffin to Westminster Abbey before she is finally laid to rest with her beloved Prince Philip.
On Monday morning the King and senior royals including his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex, as well as Princess Royal, Duke of York, will again march behind his mother as she is moved from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey.
Around 2,000 world leaders will attend the service after which a two minute silence will be held. The national anthem will then be played to signal the closing of the service.
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The Queen will then be transferred to Windsor Castle where the late monarch will be laid to rest alongside her beloved husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in King George VI's chapel, senior Palace aides have confirmed.
Her Majesty is now Lying-in-State, in Westminster Hall for four days. It has been opened to the public, to allow them to pay their respects.
Stephen Prince, head of the Naval Historical Branch, who has been advising the funeral planners, said: "We advise on what has been done before, not necessarily as a constraint completely but just so we know where we are starting from, so it's not an immobile process, but you want to have a good sense of where you come from.
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"It would be really hard to come up with anybody having closer links with the Royal Navy because the Queen is the daughter of a naval officer and she's married to a naval officer and two of her sons then serve as naval officers.
"So quite apart from the inevitability of the monarchy there is such a strong family connection."
Below are more details on what to expect on Monday.
Route
The Queen's coffin will travel by ceremonial procession along a detailed route through London and then Windsor before she is laid to rest.
The late monarch's lying in state will come to an end on Monday morning before her coffin is transported to Westminster Abbey for the State Funeral Service.
It will then travel to Windsor for a Committal Service and private burial in King George VI's Memorial Chapel in St George's Chapel.
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Here is the full procession route for the Queen's coffin on Monday, September 19.
Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey
The Queen's Coffin will be carried from Westminster Hall shortly after 10.35am to the State Gun Carriage, which will be positioned outside the building's North Door. The procession will go from New Palace Yard through Parliament Square, Broad Sanctuary and the Sanctuary before arriving at Westminster Abbey just before 11am.
Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch
After the State Funeral Service finishes at around midday, the coffin will be placed on the State Gun Carriage outside the Abbey.
At 12.15pm, the procession will set off for Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner.
The route will go from the Abbey via Broad Sanctuary, Parliament Square (south and east sides), Parliament Street, Whitehall, Horse Guards including Horse Guards Arch, Horse Guards Road, The Mall, Queen's Gardens (south and west sides), Constitution Hill and Apsley Way.
Wellington Arch to Windsor
At Wellington Arch, the Queen's coffin will be transferred from the State Gun Carriage to the State Hearse just after 1pm, ahead of the journey to Windsor. It then will travel from central London to Windsor, on a route that has not been disclosed by the Palace.
When the hearse arrives in Windsor, the procession will begin just after 3pm at Shaw Farm Gate on Albert Road.
Shaw Farm Gate to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
The state hearse will join the procession, which will have been formed up and in position, at Shaw Farm Gate before travelling to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The procession will follow the route of Albert Road, Long Walk, Cambridge Gate, Cambridge Drive, George IV Gate, Quadrangle (south and west sides), Engine Court, Norman Arch, Chapel Hill, Parade Ground and Horseshoe Cloister Arch.
Just before 4pm, the procession will halt at the bottom of the West Steps of St George's Chapel in Horseshoe Cloister. Here, the bearer party will carry the coffin in procession up the steps into the chapel. The Queen will be interred during a private burial at King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
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Procession
The King will again lead the procession made up of 200 musicians from the massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force, with the Princess Royal, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex.
Behind the quartet will be the Queen’s grandsons Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales.
They will be followed by the late monarch’s son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen’s cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdon.
The Queen’s coffin will be carried on a 123-year-old gun carriage towed by 98 Royal Navy sailors in a tradition dating back to the funeral of Queen Victoria.
Service at Westminster Abbey
The doors of Westminster Abbey will open at 8am to allow those among the congregation to take their seats in good time.
Among the mourners will be heads of state including foreign royal families, governors general and prime ministers who will gather at the Royal Hospital Chelsea and “travel under collective arrangements” to the Abbey.
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Other representatives of the Realms and the Commonwealth, the Orders of Chivalry including recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross, Government, Parliament, devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, the Church, and Her Majesty’s Patronages will form the congregation, along with further representatives from law, emergency services, public servants and professions, and public representatives, totalling 2,000 people.
Members of the British royal family who are not part of the procession from Westminster Hall will have arrived at the abbey and been escorted to their seats in the South Lantern.
After the service there will be a two minutes' silence, followed by the National Anthem.
Private service at Windsor
After the funeral, the King and members of the royal family will walk behind the Queen’s coffin to Wellington Arch before it is driven to Windsor on the state hearse.
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A committal service will take place at St George's Chapel, Windsor, Castle at 4pm on Monday.
At 7.30pm the Queen will be buried in King George VI's chapel in Windsor Castle in a private service.
Reunited with Philip
The Queen's final resting place will be St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. alongside her beloved husband of 70 years, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
Philip is currently in the Royal Vault but will be moved to be with his wife.
The chapel is also the resting place of the Queen's father, King George VI, the Queen's mother and sister, Princess Margaret.
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Guest list
Members of the Royal Family, politicians and heads of state will attend the funeral with 2,000 people expected to fill Westminster Abbey.
Among those, nearly 200 key workers and volunteers recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list have been invited to attend her state funeral, Downing Street said.
NHS staff will be among those proceeding with the Queen's coffin as it begins its journey to Windsor after her funeral.
Some 800 people, including members of the Queen's Household and Windsor estate staff, will attend the committal service afterwards at 4pm in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Officials from Afghanistan, Syria, Russia, Belarus, Venezuela and Myanmar have not be invited to attend the funeral on Monday, while Iran and North Korea can only pay respects 'at an ambassadorial level'.
Full timeline
The State Funeral will be an all-day event with multiple services and processions planned. See our hour-by-hour guide.
6.30am: Queen's lying-in-state ends and Westminster Hall shuts to the public.
8am: The doors of Westminster Abbey will be opened for the congregation to begin taking their seats.
10.35am: The coffin will be moved from Westminster Hall to the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy.
10.44am: The gun carriage will set off and will be drawn by Royal Naval Ratings followed by the King, members of the Royal Family, members of the King’s Household and Household of the Prince of Wales will follow the coffin.
11am - The State Funeral will begin, conducted by Dean of Westminster.
11.55am: The Last Post will sound, followed by a two-minutes' silence throughout the United Kingdom.
Noon: Reveille, the National Anthem and a Lament will end the service. The King and Camilla, Prince William and Kate, and members of the Royal Family will walk in the procession to Wellington Arch
12.15pm: The Procession will set off for Wellington Arch with the route lined by the Armed Forces from Westminster Abbey to the top of Constitution Hill at the Commonwealth Memorial Gates.
3.06pm: The State Hearse will approach Shaw Farm Gate on Albert Road, Windsor ahead of the Committal Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Some 800 people, including members of the Queen's Household and Windsor estate staff, will attend the committal service.
3.10pm: The Procession will step off.
3.20pm: Governors General and Realm Prime Ministers will arrive at the West Door, St George’s Chapel and will be escorted to their seats in the Nave.
3.25pm: Members of the Royal Family not walking in the outdoor procession will arrive at the chapel.
3.40pm: The King and those in the Procession join as it passes into Engine Court. Camilla, Kate, Meghan and Sophie will follow by car.
3:53pm: The bearer party will lift the coffin from the State Hearse, from where it will be carried in Procession up the West Steps.
4pm: The Committal Service will begin. At the end of the service, the King and the Royal Family will leave from the Galilee Porch for Windsor Castle.
7.30pm: The King and members of the Royal Family will attend a private burial service conducted by the Dean of Windsor. The Queen will be buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel.