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
i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having being able to serve as prince of wales. in other news, ukraine will exhume hundreds of bodies found in graves outside izyum, a city recently recaptured from russian forces. it s only now after the russians have been pushed out that the authorities can really investigate and establish how many victims they left behind. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s four children, led by king charles, have held a vigil at westminster hall standing in silent contemplation around their late mother s coffin while members of the public filed past quietly to pay their respects. earlier, the queue to see the queen lying in state reopened after a pause of several hours, but mourners are being warned of a wait of up to 20 hours in chilly overnight temperatures. the king and the queen consort, camilla concluded their uk tour earlier in the day in wales, where the ki
after the queue was closed temporarily, it has now reopened, but the waiting time is more than 2a hours. among the mourners was the former international football star david beckham, who had queued all night to pay his respects. later this evening, the queen s four children will hold vigil around the coffin in westminster hall. also on the programme: ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently recaptured from russian forces. as retail sales in the uk dip sharply, the pound falls to a 37 year low against the us dollar. and the women s super league in england starts tonight, with clubs enjoying record ticket sales off the back of the lionesses success in the euros. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the premier league resumes this evening after its postponement of matches as a mark of respect following the death of queen elizabeth ii. good evening. king charles has been on his first official visit to wales, bringing to a conclusio
seeing at the moment in two hours from the people are saying yesterday and it might be longer tomorrow. people have gone into such a level that they have had to make people queue for a few hours earlier today. it is approximately five miles, eight kilometres long and the wait time is now at least 2a hours and earlier today the government says the gates were closed for six hours and that took place and it lasted for about six hours. here angus crawford. step by step and my bum while they come in their thousands. here, the very start of the queue in civic park. so many at one point, the gates were closed to stop overcrowding. even that did not put people off. we have come from birmingham, and our plans are quite simply to stay here until the gates open. we are tough. we re not worried about it. we ve come to pay our respects. we are going to manage. opening again soon after, the flow carefully regulated. official advice, please don t come yet. the queue snakes around the park f