the breaking of the wand by the lord chamberlain symbolised the official end of queen elizabeth ii s reign. the late queen s coffin was lowered into the royal vault and interred next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth has made herfinaljourney from london to windsor and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey the building in which queen elizabeth was married, and crowned. king charles, along with other 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 witche
we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
and this is the scene at westminster hall, where the queen s coffin will remain for four days before her state funeral next monday. as many as 400,000 people are expected to file past the coffin in a final act of mourning. it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, it will be good to closure then as well tojust see her, and it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, and also just to give something back. also on the programme. president zelensky visits his troops after retaking thousands of square miles of territory from russian forces. and the rate of inflation dips slightly, but the worst may still lie ahead. and stay with us on bbc news where we will bring new continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the queen s coffin is now lying in state in the palace of westminster after a final journey from buckingham palace, witnessed by tens of thousands of people along the ro
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