Hello, im adrian said again. Welcome to al jazeera, special coverage of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, coming up in the next 60 minutes preparations well underway for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth. The 1st such ceremony in the u. K. In more than 5 decades. The last mourners of file past the monarchs, coffin thousands of paid their respects, standing in a long queue and braving the cold. It will be very sad. Yeah. Very sad. It. Yeah, she just been amazing. 70 is like 57 and it is all i ever know. Its all a lot of people have ever known. World leaders are in london for the state funeral, posing a big security challenge for the police at a carnation bloom and turkey. How the queens passing has seen a rise and demand for the flower, which some cultures see as a symbol of morning. Ah, ah, it is just out of 700 alice g m t h. I am in london and a few hours from now. The world will turn a page in history, as it says farewell to Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, the british monarchs 70 year reign, witness the fall of imperialism of the rise of democracies at its beginning saw the dawn of mass media making the queens coronation, one of the 1st Global Television events, her funeral may well be one of the most watched ever. These live pictures from london, where as we say, our preparations a well underway for the queens funeral. Thats Buckingham Palace, of course, on the mall. And look at the number of police that are standing there. Lighting up the, the roof of the queens coffin will pass along the mile a little after the Funeral Services ended. Will thousands of people from all over the world have braved the cold and stood in that queue to pay their last respects since her death it to be very emotional. And i hope i hope i wont cry, but youll be streaming painful to know that that will be 8. That will be the end that to come in at the end of an era left to make the effort to come down and jest be cold. Her be tired and im sure she put enough effort her into the job she done, and i feel weve lost part with last part of our country. In some respect, World Leaders have descended on the british capital to pay tribute to a woman who President Joe Biden, described as living her life for the people she served with grace and wisdom. A que has now ended the gates of Westminster Hall have closed, and preparations have begun for the queens final journey. Lets make you live now to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral will take place a little later. Ill just hear as jonah hall is that jonah said the same for us. Well, adrian, there is an extraordinary sense of calm, of quiet all moment, and anticipation here in westminster and in front of Westminster Abbey, behind me, this area has become a sort of fortress of fencing of crowd barriers, of security list, lots and lots of policing military in evidence in support as well, and regimental gaz, practicing up and down on the concrete of tarmac behind me here. Lots of last minute preparation going on. But all of it with us, a calm, quiet efficiency up to a 1000000 people are expected to descend on Central London. Later they began already many spent the night out at securing precious positions along the ceremonial route. As it will take the queens coffin from the abbey, later on to wellington arch on its way to windsor in the course, as you say as well. This is expected to be one of the largest state occasions ever in this country, taking place in front of thousands and thousands of World Leaders. Among them has the state, president s, prime ministers and royalty representing most of the worlds 195 countries. It is, of course, the culmination of 11 days of National Morning since the queen died the thursday before last and it is a period in which we witness so much beginning of course with the queens coffin being transferred under the Royal Standard bearing the imperial crown from balmoral, which was her favorite home in the Scottish Highlands where she died to edinburgh as she lay in states for 2 days. And then on down to london, where she lay in state again in Westminster Hall not far from where im standing in the palace of westminster, before days and 4 nights with hundreds of thousands of people braving the evening cold standing out day and night, 24 hours a day for many, many hours in accuse to file past her coffin. It is a period in which weve witnessed not just the passing of the 2nd elizabeth and era, the began in 1952, but the beginning of a new era for the monarchy on the king charles the 3rd. And he with queen, consort camilla, have completed a tour of the kingdom visiting scotland, Northern Ireland and wales. But now of course, the focus of doing the final farewell and it will begin just under 3 hours time. The Queens Coffee will make its way here to Westminster Abbey, for the funeral. And already, as i speak, groups of the 2000 strong congregation of preparing to enter the abbey, trying to talk us through how the day will unfold. Well, as i say, the funeral will begin at 11 local time, 10 g m t. But about 20 minutes or so before that the queens coffin will emerge from the palace of westminster, borne on a state gun carriage towed by a 142 sailors of the royal navy. And behind her, the king leading the royal family in steep street. The procession is just a few 100 yards really, but they will enter the abbey here for the service, beginning at 11 local time, conducted by the dean of westminster with a sermon delivered by the archbishop of canterbury. It last about 55 minutes, finishing with the founding of the last post, a 2 minute national silence, and the rendition of the national anthem. Of course now god save the king and as the queens personal piper pipes, a lament coffee will be transferred again to the states gun carriage by the queens god and begin a st procession through Central London taking her along the mouth. All the gods prayed. Constitutional hill to wellington auction at wellington arch. Shell be transferred into the state, hers for the roughly 2 hour journey to windsor. Where later on this afternoon, therell be a final Committal Service at a very private intent of the queens remains in the family vault alongside her husband Prince Philip was her mother and her father at Saint Georges chapel. When odyssey was jonah ho reporting live from Westminster Abbey in london. Jonah for the moment. Many thanks. Lets bring him at owens. Hes a royal historian, hes joining us now from london. What are your thoughts this morning . Good morning. Well, clearly, this is the combination of more than 10 days of public events, of spectacle pageantry, where we have witnessed the end of one rain and the beginning of another that says king charles, the 3rd as an oil historian though we keep hearing how historic this, this event is, but is it truly historic . Is this something that will go into the history books . Well, there have been royal funerals on a, on a similar, similar scale before with similar grandeur, notably the funeral of the others. But the 2nd grandfather, king george, the 5th, was a big national spectacle, a big National Send off for a very popular king back in 1936. I think what really distinguishes this moment . 9 in 2022 is the fact that all of this event that is taking place in Westminster Abbey. For the 1st time weve got a big National Ceremony taking place in Westminster Abbey. That hasnt happened before. And its all unfolding in front of Television Audience is now elizabeth. The 2nd really was the tell a visual queen her life horizon was defined by innovations in mass media. It was defined by an increase in exposure in terms of her media image. So i think this is a fitting way for this rang to really to really draw to its and through todays commemoration, you say she was the, the, the television queen. Why do you think so many people right around the world . Not just in commonwealth countries will be tuning in to this today. Well, she was a global personality. I think because of a new mass media, people became very used to him if she was very visible presence over the last 70 years. I think theres also something else, and that is that we didnt really know much about the woman behind the public image. We didnt know much about her political opinions. We didnt know what she was like really as a, as a mother, as a grandmother or great grandmother, there was a public image and then there was a private individual. And i think the, if there was a great sort of endless fascination about who this individual really was, and thats what really fascinated me to audiences across the world. And i think thats why a lot of people sort of identified with her built sort of an imagined relationship with, with the lives put the 2nd and why they will be tuning in today. And i know youre going to stay with us for a couple of hours. Well see you a little bit later on. Thats ra historian at owens in london. Lets bring in the world before we do, let me tell you this. Everybody will see a roll call of dignitaries from president s to royalty, and thats posing an unprecedented security challenge to security agencies in the u. K. Police have been working around the clock to make sure that the event will be safe. Ill just hear a war. He challenge reports from london taking his turn with the tide of people that have been flowing past the queens coffin for days. Now, us President Joe Biden came to pay his respects in london to sign the book of condolence, and to offer his recollections for the much celebrated monarch. She was the same in person this year as her image, decent, unable, and all much service and harsh go out to the royal family. Came charles in all the family. Its a loss that leaves a giant hole. And joe biden is, of course, to join hundreds of dignitaries at a funeral. That is an unprecedented challenge for britains police and security services. The brief is simple, keep everyone safe, but the execution could hardly be more complex. It is the most nightmarish scenario for a security paradigm in the world. Its something that ive never encountered. Olivia kita is a security analyst whos looked off the us president ial candidates. We talking about once in a lifetime event, with possibly 500. 00 heads of states, kings and queens and v i p coming at the same time at the same place. But then you have on top of the potentially millions of british that are going to be lining up the street. So its, its a double one. Me nightmarish scenario. Not. Its what the British Police have got to deal with. More than 10000. 00 offices have been deployed potential threats to being checked off suicide, rooftops, anywhere and attack could come from the placid jubilee. The 2012 olympics math and carnival london is no stranger to Massive Public events. But the cities, Matthew Collins says nothing compared to the queens funeral. Here, Westminster Abbey. The biggest policing operation ever is what hes called a former city, a policeman. Nicole worth his warning against any alarm as him, though. If you dont hold an event, this dont hold anywhere else in the world of london because london is so well rehearsed at managing instant, managing threats like this. If you look out the window here, you will see thousands of Police Officers on the street. On sunday evening dignitaries arrived for a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by king charles the 3rd an extraordinary gathering of the world president s, prime ministers, royals governors, and more. The word unprecedented is so often over used. But at certain times, no other word will do, will reach helens out his error london. Left handed general simon mail is a retired british army officer. He joins us now live from london. Good to have with us. I just want to begin with your thoughts on, on this number of security operation and the challenges that it poses. Yep. Good. Well, good morning, adrian, into your, your viewers. It is a huge security challenge, as your correspondence said, quite rightly its, its extremely well rehearsed. We have had big occasions before the plans operation, london bridge, which was of course, the op ration initiated on the death of the monic have been in place for, for, for ages in many ways, but threats more for the scale of the public commitment. This is huge, and although youve talked to oversee about the police presence, its worth noting therell be a big military presence, backing it up. Engineers even so does my own regiment a, there are the special air service inevitably will be, will be there for the background. But again, as youll corresponds to said you, you, you hope for the best you plan for the worst. But its, its a remarkable attribute to all those involved in the planning that weve reached the stage we are. And we are hoping that we will see her majesty seen off in great appropriate style and as a military man, how important is it that so many detachments of the armed forces of not only are the British Armed forces, but from the commonwealth to a taking part in todays proceedings, a she was, you also say we are, were her majestys armed forces. Now his majestys armed forces, those in canada, new zealand, australia quite clearly here in the united kingdom, our personal allegiance to the monarch. Ah. So her loss, ah, and of course the exception of charles charles, the 3rd is something we all feel very, very strongly, personally and institutionally. So it is absolutely appropriate that a centerpiece really of the past into the mon, it will be a very, very high, high profile presence of the military in the ceremonial side. But obviously the military also contributed to the security of the allocation. And he took him at the ceremonial sided and the British Military participation within it that, i mean, this is something that is on the student will, it is uniquely british, isnt it . The fact that, that the British Armed forces do this sort of thing. So, well, why is that its in our dna. I think adrian um, its a 1000 years of monarchical history in this country. The Standing Army really, from the time of charles, the 2nd of a household division, who of course, are charged with personal protection of the monarch. Every regiment and corps has a royal patron ah, the regiment i command in the privilege of commanding the queens dragoon guards who will be on the streets day. It was the it was the queen mother. When she died, it passed to prince charles. Then it now is king charles. Ah many regiments have the queen herself. Ah what . Where that will happen afterwards. Uh who will take the patronage will be, will we will see but this very close. Lincoln many, many times. Ah, the individual. So just let alone senior generals young officers will personally met the monarch and members of the royal family. And so i think also going back to why 4000000000 people may be tuning in today because nobody does pageantry, state pageantry, like the british. This wonderful thing of this highly progressive, innovative, modern country and yet this wonderful foot back in the past reminding us of our traditions and our glorious history and something that the last 10 days will have proven to, to, for our viewers and people watching around the world. Who arent necessarily that familiar with the, with how britain works politically and institutionally is just how institutionally important the monarchy is input. I think given that as so many of your commentators will, a said, adrian, we havent known another monic for the vast majority of us than her majesty to see the smooth transition for one. Dearly beloved monarch to one very, very well known bonnet, king charles, the 3rd i think is be the hugely educated process about how much the stability of this country depends on, on the monarchy, the queen or the monarch in parliament. Ah, and as the queen so movingly said in a, in a speech she gave in 1957 like i cannot command armies, i cannot give laws. I cannot administer you. I can give you something else. I can give you a deep love of the traditions of these old islands, and i think shes done that wonderful. And you see that out poor. Now, that absolute connection from people from every walk of life from all over this country and much wide, was your, all your correspondence linked back to this amazing, amazing lady and, and the transfer of calls instantly from the moment she breathed her last to her successor and there was never, not a monarch in this country, even during the time of Oliver Cromwell and the commonwealth. There was a monic to which up those royalists paid, paid up, paid their. Busy loyalty in their tribute, and i think its its, its a, its a marvelous thing to have beholden jonathans been really good to talk to you many thanks. Indeed for being with us. Lieutenant general simon, mail them in london. Thank you. Oh, Queen Elizabeth was not only the head of the royal family and the british head of state, she was the head of the commonwealth. A group of 56. 00 independent nations, including republics by title, has now passed to king charles. The 3rd. India is the largest of the commonwealth countries. Whats called life now to you deli, ill just eras probably metal is that a delegation from india of me has actually got flown to london to attend to todays funeral. Whats the mood there today . The reaction to the kid queens passing have been mixed and tell us a lot about how indian its people are looking at or rather really looking at histor