Guards. as the funeral procession set off through the great streets and avenues of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a field gun, fired in hyde park. that way was led by the royal canadian mounted police, canada the commonwealth country she visited more than any other. it included military detachments from across the commonwealth, recipients of the victoria cross and george cross and health workers from the nhs. the gun carriage was drawn up
Guards. as the funeral procession set off through the great streets and avenues of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a field gun, fired in hyde park. that way was led by the royal canadian mounted police, canada the commonwealth country she visited more than any other. it included military detachments from across the commonwealth, recipients of the victoria cross and george cross and health workers from the nhs. the gun carriage was drawn up
The national anthem was sung and the coffin was borne from the abbey on the shoulders of the grenadier guards. as the funeral procession set off through the wide streets of ceremonial london that she knew so well, a gun salute was fired in hyde park. the procession was led by the royal canadian mounted police, canada the commonwealth country she visited more than any other.
The best of that in west wales and the south west of england. in fact, the south west of england is where we saw the lion s share of the sunshine on monday. temperatures between 16 20 celsius, so it will feel a little warmer than it has of late. during tuesday night, a lot of cloud will tend to break up. we will see some fog patches developing, some patchy rain into the north west of scotland and temperatures will be dependent on the amount of cloud we see. it could get a little bit chilly under any clear skies. into wednesday, we should see a bit more in the ray of sunshine, certainly some good spells of sunshine across england and wales, eastern counties of northern ireland and the good part of scotland, to the north west of scotland and the north west of northern ireland, you will see some thicker cloud and some splashes of rain once again. temperatures 19 celsius for aberdeen, perhaps up to 21 in norwich and in london. for thursday, southern and eastern areas will continue to see s
Members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall where it had been lying in state. hundreds of dignitaries including world leaders, joined members of the royal family and the public at the service. we start with our royal correspondent nicholas witchell, on the state funeral of queen elizabeth. on a clear morning in september, the world focused its attention on london for the grandest and most solemn of events. for a revered monarch who had reigned longer than any other, all the honours of a state funeral. within westminster abbey, where great moments of history have been staged for more than 1,000 years, the leaders of many nations came together to pay their tributes.