have begun arriving at westminster abbey for the funeral itself, president biden will be among them. soon the queen s coffin will be moved from westminster hall where she s been lying in state since wednesday, visited by hundreds of thousands of loyal subjects. britain s longest serving monarch on one last journey home, leading here, the grounds of windsor castle, where she ll be laid to rest and then rejoined with her beloved father, her mother, her sister and her husband. i m anderson cooper overlooking windsor castle with cnn s special live coverage. and i m erin burnett in london, overlooking the palace of westminster, where the royal procession gets under way this hour. here is what will happen. the queen s coffin will be curried from westminster hall inside the palace. it will be placed on a state gun carriage that will head to westminster abbey for the funeral service. with the royal family and members of the royal households walking behind. king charles will walk in
and prince william greeting some who gathered to grieve, shaking hands with well-wishers and speaking with them briefly as well. world leaders are also arriving to honor the queen. joe biden and the first lady departing this morning to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife arriving. max foster, richard quest, and anna stewart begin our coverage right now. max, to you first, we re getting new details about the royal grandchildren s vigil, and we are looking at i believe live pictures of some of the grandchildren coming down the steps at westminster hall. what do you know about what we will be witnessing now? reporter: you can see the prince of wales there, prince william, followed by prince harry. they ll take either end of the coffin, i think. the prince of wales will be at the head of the coffin, and prince harry will be at the foot of the coffin. then the other grandchildren, usually beatrice be
for comfort, for joy. you, being you, will never know the impact you ve had on our family, and so many people around the world. all the queens grandchildren including william and harry are taking the spotlight this afternoon. they will stand vigil near the coffin just like their parents did last night. earlier today, king charles and prince william went outside buckingham palace to greet mourners who had been waiting hours in line. they thanked people for their condolences. they apologize for the long wait. cold temperatures, many in the clouds were crowd were delighted. it is exciting. it s very exciting. i was speechless. i ve never hand shaked the came. prince william, prince of wales, they center we said we prayed for his reconciliation with his brother. i asked him if i could kiss his hand, and he said certainly. and i want to bring in my colleague, nbc news correspondent molly hunter, and suzanna lipscomb. we re watching those grandchildren. let s go ahe
pm here in london. as we look at live pictures of mourners paying their respects to queen elizabeth the second, the british government is now urging people not to travel to join the ten mile q. the queen will lie in state for just one more day before her funeral on monday. rehearsals for the queen s funeral, as many more thousands lineup, with warnings of an almost 24-hour wait in plunging temperatures overnight. you ve been waiting for ten hours? we ve been up since 4:00. better to have a long, tiring day, and not have regrets in the future. there s something very british about kind of enjoying yourself well standing in line, right? or as we say, standing and a cue. well we british do it best. westminster hall preparing to witness an extraordinary scene. some of those, lining the streets for their own personal moment with the late queen, set to stand close with her grandchildren as they commemorate her. last night, the monarchs for children, king charles, and, ed
and of course we have really this is the family here. and that was that wonderful tribute for beatrice just a few days ago talking about how being her the grandchildren, the honor of her life. they remember picking heather of raspberries. there they are the children. camilla with the grandchildren. yeah. with the children of prince william and kate. there s the princess of wales obviously in charge of her children s care. just spare of thought for these two young children. they started a new school and in the first week their grandmother died. everyone at that school obviously talking about george being future king and all of this has happened. so immense amount of change in his life. we also saw meghan in there as well as sophie meghan will be walking behind george in the procession, george and his sister charlotte will be behind their parents. we should point out that we