The coffin is currently in the ballroom, draped in the Royal Standard. It will remain there for two days before it is driven to the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh.
The Queen s death will see Britain and her Commonwealth realms enter into a period of mourning - but also one of celebration at a 70-year reign that will define the monarchy for centuries.
The Queen s death today, at the age of 96, sparked an immediate and huge outpouring of emotion, with thousands of mourners gathering outside Buckingham Palace this evening.