here, it really does. the accessible queue has now closed, and there s a warning the general queue will shut well before the funeral service. the line currently stretches back five miles. next week, the queen s coffin will be transferred to westminster abbey for herfuneral, led by the dean of westminster. right at the heart of this is a family funeral, we mustn t forget that. deeply personal and a very, very difficult thing for a family to navigate. but this is also a celebration of a quite extraordinary life. this evening, the queen s eight grandchildren, including princes william and harry, will hold a vigil by their grandmother s coffin. also on the programme. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a mass burial site, newly liberated in north eastern ukraine. hundreds protest outside new scotland yard over the shooting dead of 24 year old chris kaba. and football pays tribute to the queen in the first full weekend of
dead of 24 year old chris kaba. and football pays tribute to the queen in the first full weekend of fixtures since her death. good afternoon. the king and the prince of wales have been meeting members of the public queueing in london, to see the queen s lying in state. they thanked those waiting through the night to get into westminster hall, before the state funeral on monday. others hoping to pay their respects have been warned the general queue could be closed again today, if there are too many people. the waiting time is currently around 11 hours, with long lines stretching five miles along the river thames to southwark park. this evening, in westminster hall, the queen s eight grandchildren, including princes william and harry, will hold a vigil by the coffin. with more on the day s events,
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including how officers came to be aware of the vehicle mr kaba was driving. the investigation is expected to take 6 9 months a time frame people here say is much too long. celestina olulode, bbc news. the metropolitan police has confirmed that one of the two thanks, clive. now let s return to our coverage of the lying in state of the late queen elizabeth ii, and events leading up to the state funeral on monday. within the next hour, the queen s eight grandchildren, including the prince of wales and prince harry, will hold a vigil by the coffin. with more on the day s events, here s our royal correspondent, within the next hour, the queen s eight grandchildren, including the prince of wales and prince harry, will hold a vigil by the coffin.
the bbc is offering a continuous, 24 hour view of the queen s lying in state. the service is available on the bbc homepage, the bbc news website and app, the iplayer, on bbc parliament, and the red button. the queen s lying in state will end at 6.30am on monday morning. then, at 10.44, her coffin will be moved from westminster hall a short distance away to westminster abbey, where her state funeral service will be held. the royal navy s state gun carriage, seen here rehearsing, will bear the coffin, drawn by 142 sailors. senior members of the royal family, including the new king and his sons, prince william and prince harry, will walkjust behind in the procession. at 11:00am the queen s funeral, expected to be attended by 2,000 guests, will then begin,