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The silence forms part of the funeral service at Westminster Abbey and the entire public are being urged to join for a nationwide tribute

Everyday heroes recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June are to join royals and foreign dignitaries in Westminster Abbey on Monday.

The Queen's funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey following four days of lying in state at Westminster Hall during which time a million people are expected to file past and pay their respects

Westminster Abbey ceremony to be attended by 2,000 guests and end with two-minute silence

"It is our aim and belief that the state funeral and events of the next few days will unite people across the globe"

Two minutes of silence will be observed across the United Kingdom at the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday giving the public across the nation a chance to pay their respects to the late monarch

State funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey but Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in her beloved Windsor

The State Gun Carriage, towed by almost 100 naval personnel and bearing a black coffin, travelled through central London.

Thousands queued overnight into Thursday to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II, with many choking back tears after seeing her coffin lying in state in London. Britain's longest-serving monarch, who died on September 8 aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's…