is the scene in central london. then the prince of wales just visiting, the crowds, you the qb waited to westminster hall, thanking them. a busy time for the royals. king charles iii meeting the new met commissioner. the mayor of london and suella braverman who are in charge of the extraordinary policing operation that will unfold on monday here in central london. let s get the reaction to down there. it is continuing flow of people. tens of thousands of people still coming here. the wait time thankfully for many people is way lower than it was when we started in the early hours of the morning. then it was something like 25 hours. now thatis it was something like 25 hours. now that is considerably more palatable. obviously getting used to these enormous numbers. it is down to m hours. the people coming through now as they approach the final leg of this whole epicjourney along the thames and across lambeth bridge are seeing thejoin the thames and across lambeth bridge are seei
the queue to see the queen lying in state it s close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. away from westminster, today s other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it s saturday, 17th september. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a third night lying in state. people hoping to pay their respects at westminster hall are being told not to travel tojoin the queue, as it s almost at capacity, with waiting times at least 2a hours long. last night king charles, the princess royal, prince andrew and prince edward held a silent vigil by their mother s coffin. in conversation with some of the people who have been arriving here, they have be
mayor of london sadiq khan and suella braverman, the home secretary, who have quite an awesome responsibility over the next two or three days with over 500 due in london from 200 different countries, 20 royal is here. security at most. it may be one of the biggest security operation is the met police has overseen in many, many years. operations. queen elizabeth had a strong attachment to france, a country she visited many times and whose language she spoke fluently. france reciprocated the feeling. president macron said the french were grateful for president macron said the french were gratefulfor her president macron said the french were grateful for her majesty s deep affection for their country. she mastered our language, he said, she loved their culture and she touched our hearts . hugh schofield reports from paris. in 1948 from paris. “11948 aged just 22 her majesty fell for paris and paris fell for her. on an official visit representing herfather, the newly marrie