Good afternoon. King charles has been meeting the Prime Minister, liz truss, at Buckingham Palace in the last hour, as final preparations continue for Queen Elizabeths State Funeral tomorrow. Hes also hosting a reception for hundreds of World Leaders and royals this evening. Officials are now advising people thinking ofjoining the queue not to set off, with the line expected to close later this afternoon. Last night, the queens eight grandchildren, led by Princes William and harry, stood vigil around her coffin. Its the First Time Ever that the grandchildren of a monarch have taken part in the ceremony. And the us president , joe biden, arrived yesterday, as World Leaders continue to arrive in london for tomorrows funeral. James lendel reports. The funeral may be tomorrow but World Leaders are gathering already. The us President Joe Biden and his wife touched down late last night. One of more than 500 foreign dignitaries assembling to pay their respects to a woman in the world knew as
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their
ultimate point is that they are here for a very short period of time, so the main focus will be on the queen, because the moment the funeral is over tomorrow, because the moment the funeral is overtomorrow, most because the moment the funeral is over tomorrow, most of these leaders are heading straight to the airport, many of them are going to wear the real diplomatic action is, which is the big un summit in new york later this week. and if you would like to watch more of that interivew with the queen consort, camilla s full tribute to the queen will be broadcast in a special programme on bbc one tonight at 7pm. the queen s lying in state will end at 6.30 tomorrow morning. then at 10.114, 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 an
we spoke to william and we spoke to kate. they both said about their outfits, how nice they were. they re just really nice and genuine people. we thanked them for the queen and everything she s done and all the things they re doing for everyone, it sjust so nice. and william was asked about that walk behind his grandmother s coffin on wednesday. doing the walk yesterday was challenging. the earl and countess of wessex met people in manchester and lit candles for the queen at the city s cathedral. and this was princess anne back in scotland to greet crowds in glasgow. as the solemn stream of mourners continues paying their respects in westminster, we re learning more detail about monday s state funeral. at 10.114, the queen s coffin will leave the hall and travel