We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave Buckingham Palace on this late summer evening and travel into Westminster Hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. It looks like they are just about to leave Buckingham Palace. The outriders are out of the gates. The Queen Consort will be with the king. Itll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. But in the setting of Westminster Hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a place with immense resonance in the history of our national story, the history of our national story, the history of our monarchy, and therefore a particularly resonant setting for them to stand vigil together as they are about to do. There they are now coming out of the palace gates and beginning that Shortjourney Palace Gates and beginni
will happen. it will be the most extraordinarily moving moment, one we have not seen the like of. there you have will the queen lying at rest with the scottish crown on her coffin and all four children, princess ann, they will each one will be at a corner and stand for we believe up to 20 minutes. the public will not be allowed in during that period and that is a short period they will pay their own respects. so victor and alison, it s going to be very moving. we re going to see repeats of this in different ways but this is the first time if you will that we will see the king, his brothers and sister and other members of the royal family actually present with the coffin. richard, i ve watched with particular personal interest today because my family and i took a trip this summer to scotland for the first time. i d never been there and we were in edinburgh and walked that royal mile and it s just the most charming beautiful stroll anyone can imagine so seeing all of the
remains will be joining her. he s in the general vault underneath the chapel now. so it is going to it s a multi-part commemoration and each part is going to be equally dramatic and i think the crowds in london and windsor are going to be extraordinary. right. when george vi, when he had the lying in state in westminster hall, in 1952, there was something like 305,000 filed by the catafalque an i think we re going to see way more than that. sally, thank you. sally smith, isa suarez and bianca, i m grateful. we see there the vigil continues with members of the various scottish regiments and military now taking their place as well at the catafalque. alison and victor, i think what you we ve said a million times and it s worth repeating we ve never seen anything like this before. we ve prepared for it. we ve known about it. but the size and scale of this is going to be so enormous. it will it will be other magnitude we ve not seen before, especially when the world le
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