among them heads of state, including the us president joe biden, with heads of government and representatives from virtually every country in the world. at approximately 11.55, the last post will sound and there will be a national two minute silence. then, the procession, from westminster abbey to wellington arch. the state gun carriage will be drawn from the abbey around parliament square up whitehall and across horse guards and then via the mall past buckingham palace, and finally, up constitution hill to wellington arch at hyde park corner. there, under wellington arch, the coffin will be transferred from the gun carriage to the state hearse, ready for the journey to windsor. the route to be taken from hyde park corner to windsor has not so far been disclosed, however, officials recognise the need for the public to be as closely involved as possible. the queen and indeed other members of the royal family,
tonight at ten buckingham palace releases more details ahead of the queen s state funeral on monday. the service at westminster abbey will start at 11 o clock. there will then be a procession past buckingham palace, followed by members of the royal family. today, prince william told crowds at sandringham how difficult it was walking behind his grandmother s coffin yesterday, saying it brought back memories of his mother s funeral. the crowds keep coming to file past the queen s coffin. the queue is now almost five miles long a nine hour wait to reach westminster hall. also on the programme tonight. officials in ukraine say they have discovered the bodies of around 400 people after liberating a city captured by russian troops in april.