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Thousands more Brits will get a chance to see Queen’s coffin during final journey ‘after route plans changed’
THOUSANDS more Brits are set to see the Queen’s coffin in its final journey after plans to the route were changed, it has been reported.
The hearse carrying Her Majesty from Westminster to Windsor after her funeral on Monday is expected to take the long way around to allow more mourners to pay their respects.
Thousands more Brits could see the Queen’s coffin after plans for its final journey were reportedly changed[/caption]
It will reportedly avoid the M4 – the quickest route – and instead stick to A-roads, including the A30 and A4, the Daily Mail reports.
The longer drive will give thousands more Brits the chance to see the late monarch’s coffin as it passes.
And one insider told the Mail: “All the other royals will be going on the M4.”
The Queen’s funeral, conducted by the Dean of Westminster, will begin at 11am on Monday.
At 12.15pm Her Majesty’s children and other members of the Royal Family will walk behind her coffin to Wellington Arch.
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The coffin will then be lifted into the state hearse, which will begin its journey to Windsor.
It’s understood that after the hearse sets off it will travel along roads to Hyde Park to give mourners a chance to pay their respects.
The car is due to arrive at the Long Walk in Windsor at 3.15pm, where the public will get another chance to say their final farewells before Her Majesty is laid to rest next to her beloved husband Prince Philip in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The public offering echoes that taken for Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997, when the route for her coffin from London to Northamptonshire was changed the night before.
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An extra mile was added to the journey last minute following the huge outpouring of grief for her death.
Around 400,000 mourners are expected to file past the Queen’s coffin as it lies in state until Monday morning.
Thousands, however, could miss out if there is not enough time to get everyone in.
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A private burial service, attended by the King and members of the Royal Family, will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor on Monday evening.
Her Majesty will be buried alongside her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
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Service personnel rehearse in The Mall ahead of Monday’s funeral[/caption]
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Moment royal guard falls from podium while on duty next to Queen’s coffin, as Westminster Hall live stream is cut short
A LIVE stream of the Queen lying in state had to be pulled off air after a royal guard collapsed while on duty.
The official was standing on the podium beside the late monarch‘s coffin was he fell to the floor in front of shocked mourners.
The guard was standing beside the Queen’s coffin as mourners filed past[/caption]
He then collapsed as other servicemen rushed to help him[/caption]
Footage of the incident shows the guard swaying before dropping to the ground in Westminster Hall.
Members of the public there to pay their respects to the Queen gasped as other servicemen rushed to help the stricken guard.
A live stream from inside the building was cut short following the incident on Wednesday night but is now back up.
The Queen’s coffin has been placed on a podium, known as a catafalque, as she lies in state until Monday, the day of her funeral.
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As mourners file past, the platform is being guarded around the clock by Sovereign’s Bodyguard, the Household Division, and Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London.
Doors opened at 5pm on Wednesday after King Charles III let a poignant procession from Buckingham Palace, flanked by his family.
Thousands of tearful members of the public are queueing through the streets as they wait to enter in emotional scenes following the Queen’s death last Thursday.
The late monarch’s coffin, draped in the Royal Standard, will lie in state at Westminster Hall until 6.30am on Monday.
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Millions of people are expected to make their way to London this week to say goodbye to Her Majesty while she’s lying in state at Parliament’s Westminster Hall.
The queue could reach lengths of ten miles, with infrastructure currently set up to support nearly seven miles of royal fans stretching from Lambeth Bridge to Southwark Park.
If necessary, the park will accommodate an extra three miles of zig-zag lines.
Many are hoping to offer their condolences to the Queen and be a part of history by viewing her coffin.
But it is not guaranteed that everyone who makes the queue will get to see the Queen lying in state.
Entry to the line will also be paused for a time if the queuing infrastructure cannot take any more people.
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There will be an element of self-policing when it comes to people keeping their places in the queue for the Queen’s lying in state, it is understood.
Those waiting in line will be given a coloured and numbered wristband, specific to each person, allowing them to leave for a reasonable amount of time.