let s look at some of the preparations that are being made for the state funeral. the service for queen elizabeth ii will be held on monday at 11.00am in the uk. her coffin will be carried a short distance from westminster hall to westminster abbey. members of the public will be able to view the ceremony on large screens being put up in parks and venues across the uk. more than 100 cinemas will also screen the service. 2,000 guests are expected to be in attendance at westminster abbey in the heart of london. around 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries will attend the funeral, including the prime ministers of canada, australia and presidentjoe biden. some 10,000 metropolitan police officers will be deployed as part
from the abbey up the mall past buckingham palace and along constitution hill to hyde park corner and the wellington arch, where the coffin will be transferred to the state hearse for the drive to windsor, up the long walk to the castle, and then st george s chapel for another service at 11.00. there is then a private ceremony where the queen s coffin will be laid to rest alongside that of prince philip. before that, three more days for the public to pay their respects in their own way, for their own reasons. that is the only sound punctuating the profound solemn silence, a signal every 20 minutes for a change of guards. and tonight it will be her majesty s four children, including the king, who will take their place and stand at the four corners of her coffin in quiet vigil. danjohnson, bbc news, westminster.
this is bbc news. i m maryam moshiri and these are the latest headlines at 11.00am: a critical incident is declared at the port of dover as holiday makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn t turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. prince harry has won his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our
this is bbc news, i m martine croxall. the headlines at 11.00. the search is on for a new commissioner of the metropolitan police after dame cressida dick resigned, saying she d been left with no choice but to step down. the uk economy rebounds with 7.5% growth last year. spain relaxes covid restrictions for unvaccinated teenagers from the uk. president biden tells american citizens remaining in ukraine to leave, saying he would not send troops to evacuate them should russia invade. it s one of the largest armies in the world. it s a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly. russia says doping claims against the olympic figure skater kamila valieva are a misunderstanding . her gold medal was not presented on monday, after it was confirmed she failed a drugs test in december.
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