westminster hall to westminster abbey and then by procession out to windsor. that is the final resting place along with, neil, president biden and the first lady. folks are coming from all over the world in the next couple days for the funeral on monday. yes, a grand event regarded by just about everybody including, of course, the people here. back to you. neil: thanks, greg. we go to ukraine right now where president zelensky was involved in a car accident today. he s okay. it did remind the world what would happen if somebody happened to him. jeff paul in kyiv with more. jeff? yeah, neil, scary moments for ukrainian president zelensky. he just toured some damage in the new liberated city of izium when he got in the car crash. take a look at this video in kyiv.
explained why the abby held abbey held a special significance to the queen. there s a very important significant between this building and the queen. this is the church in which she was married. this is of course the face of coronation. when i was first appointmented, i had appointed i had a meeting with the queen. and she wanted to tell me why it was so important to her. let s bring in asis with more. a week s worth of events as this lead up to the funeral on monday continues.
westminster. joining us now, royal commentator victoria arbitor. thank you for joining us. the people of britain have several days to pay respects to the queen before the funeral on monday. much has been said in it recent days. she was a presence in their lives for 70 years. therefore, how important is it for her subjects to have one last chance to pay respects? good morning. yes. as you say, britains are mourning all aren t country. it is hugely important to pay respects. when the queen mother passed away 2002, 200,000 people showed to pass by her coffin. there are going will be 750,000
duke of sussex, harry, will also walk behind the coffin at that point. and then, of course, we will get to the funeral on monday, september 19th, after the queen lies in state here in london in westminster hall for four full days, and to john s point, there were 200,000 people who lined up to view the queen mother s coffin when she was lying in state here back in 2002. they are talking about perhaps as many as five times that number of members of the public hoping to see the queen lying in state. that would be 1 million people. they are expecting the line to stretch something like foif miles throughout central london. there are that many people, obviously, a lot more than that probably who would like to see the queen lying in state, who ld like the opportunity to pay their final respects to a monarch who was so beloved here.