the king along with his sons, prince william and prince harry will walk behind the carriage and the procession will arrive at westminster hall at 3:00pm. the hall will then be open to the public from 5:00pm and we re expecting around 400,000 people to file past her majesty as she lies in state for four days. we ll be speaking live shortly to our reporters at buckingham palace, and with those people who are waiting to pay their respects to the queen. first, let s hearfrom danjohnson, who was at buckingham palace last night to witness the queen s final return. cheering and applause a cheering crowd in the capital city. this has been the focus of much of the nation s grief, and it is buckingham palace more than anywhere which is so closely associated with the queen. for so long her place of work, and her official home. her coffin arrived at 8:00 last night, ending the journey from scotland. in pouring rain, on a dark night, people were determined to give her a welcome. we fe
because it s an honour for me to be here in person. king charles iii arrived at buckingham palace this morning. he and his two sons prince william and harry will walk with the coffin during this afternoon s procession. and here at westminster, the queen s coffin will be brought to the ancient hall where it will lie in state for four full days until the funeral on monday. we ll be answering some of your questions about the arrangements for people wanting to take part in this farewell to the queen. also on the programme. inflation falls slightly due to lower petrol prices but food prices have risen. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has visited izyum, one of the cities liberated in ukraine s ongoing counter offensive against russia. and we ll be looking how people have linked their affection for paddington bear to their feelings of loss over the death of the queen. bbc news will bring you continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondeds in the uk
at the age of 91. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport landing at raf northolt west of london a few hours ago accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the 22 kilometre journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk, the callsign of any military aircraft carrying her majesty the queen. waiting on the tarmac, a very new british prime minister, in the dark clothes of mourning, just as there had been all those years ago when winston churchill had been at anothe
good morning, and welcome to our continuing live coverage of king charles iii s journey around the united kingdom. today the king and continue his tour, visiting northern ireland. there he will acknowledge the tributes paid to his mother and attend a service of reflection for the life of queen elizabeth ii. a busy day lies ahead for the new king. first this morning, he will fly into northern ireland s capital where he will land at george best city airport and it is there where the river lagan meets belfast lough, that he will take his historic first historic steps in the country as king. it is in the shadow of the famous ship building, the giant cranes, sansome and goliath, that the official reception party will meet the reception party and he will then travel to royal hillsborough castle the members of the public lining the street will get their first proper glimpse of the new king. there he will have an audience with the secretary of state for northern ireland and will meet