at the age of 91. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport landing at raf northolt west of london a few hours ago accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the 22 kilometre journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk, the callsign of any military aircraft carrying her majesty the queen. waiting on the tarmac, a very new british prime minister, in the dark clothes of mourning, just as there had been all those years ago when winston churchill had been at anothe
jersey on day one of the tour de france. also coming up on sportsday, india on top of the world. max verstappen will be on pole once again as red bull look for victory in their home austrian grand prix. italy have been beaten 2 0 by switzerland. we have the report. after the calculations of the group stage, the rays moved along. it is now lose and go home and, fatally, they won the world cup in berlin in 2006 but title defences have not been as easy. switzer meant a dad to take on the holders. this was a first half where they hit their stride. they had not beaten italy in more than 30 years. now they had swiss hope overflowing. italy had not yet been convincing now there are signs of decline were being exposed. switzerland 2 0 and it was also straightforward. they shot off the post was italy s only opening. the team won the last euros were fading out. the team won the last euros were fading out- the team won the last euros were fadin: out. ,, . ., ., fading out. switzerland