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
beautiful colours. very moving. it s the colours, i think, that s incredible. the orb, the sceptre, the crown. yeah, stunning. very solemn and serene and perfect. and in ukraine, president zelensky visits a newly liberated city, after thousands of square miles are retaken from russian forces. 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. (take live os 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 thos
as crowds of mourners continue to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth at st giles cathedral. thousands of people have been queueing for several hours at a time to pay their respects and today is the day that the queen s coffin will leave scotland. her coffin will remain in st giles cathedral until this afternoon when it will be flown to london to raf northolt. the queen s coffin will be companied as it has been since it left balmoral by princess anne. king charles and the queen consort will spend most of the day in northern ireland, as they continue their tour of all four nations of the united kingdom. they ll hear a message of condolence on behalf of the people of northern ireland from the speaker of the stormont assembly, alex maskey, and meet representatives of political parties, and faith leaders as well. it will be charles 40th visit to northern ireland but his very first as king. that is what is to come. we have been talking to some of the people who have b
coffin will leave edinburgh shortly and the cortege will travel slowly to edinburgh airport, about eight miles away from st giles cathedral, in a journey that is expected to take about a0 minutes. she will then be flown to london, arriving at about seven o clock this evening before her coffin is taken to buckingham palace for one last night. this is the scene near st giles cathedral in edinburgh where the queen s coffin has laid at rest since yesterday afternoon. members of the royal family, princess anne and her husband, who are heading towards the cathedral where there will be private prayers for about 15 minutes before the cortege departs for the airport. thousands and thousands of people have spent many hours queueing, lots of them right through the night, to pay their last respects to briton s longest reigning monarch. so many people came today that the queue had to be closed at lunchtime, people were turned away because there was not enough time for them to make it in
kin: is those who history had separated. the king is now in london, having greeted the queen s often. coffin. president belinsky called on the west to accelerate its delivery of arms. the visionary film director has died at the age of 91. of arms. to: visionary film director of arms. to the ionary film director of arms. to the programme. ector the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. landing at raf northolt west of london this evening accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the iii mile 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