SOME people from Herefordshire may be going to London to witness the historic event of the Queen's lying in state and the funeral on Monday (September 19).
People have been queuing along a designated route since Monday with crowds warned they could face hours of queueing and possibly over night.
Clive Harris, 55, left West Bromwich at 6am on Wednesday to attend the procession of the Queen’s coffin in central London.
Mr Harris served in the Queen’s Royal Lances and said: “She was my boss but she was also everybody’s granny – she was that important to the country.
“I was in one of her regiments and my parents grew up with the Queen too, so it’s important for them to be here as well.”
Mr Harris witnessed the procession from Horse Guards Parade, with the King following the coffin on foot with members of the royal family.
“I’ve been really impressed with him,” Mr Harris said of the new monarch.
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“He’s just lost his mum. To go on television and talk so eloquently – I think he’s been brilliant.”
The Queen was handed to the care of the nation for a period of lying in state after her family marched in homage behind her coffin as it was carried to Westminster Hall.
A gun carriage that had borne the coffins of her mother and father carried the late monarch to Westminster Hall – a procession through the heart of the capital watched by tens of thousands who lined the route.
In bright summer sunshine, funeral marches played by military bands added to the solemn mood that left some mourners weeping, while others held up their camera phones to record the historic moment.
King Charles III led the royal family as they walked behind the coffin, draped with a Royal Standard and adorned with the Imperial State Crown, and pulled on a gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Thousands of mourners flocked to see the moving sight of the Queen departing the official residence where she spent so much of her working life at the heart of the nation, with viewing areas declared full ahead of the procession starting.
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The new monarch walked in line with the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex.
Behind the King were the Queen’s grandsons in a line – Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales – who were followed by the late monarch’s son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen’s cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdown.
Royal family members saluted as they made their way past the Cenotaph while Harry bowed his head.
The Duke of York turned his eyes to the right to look upon the Cenotaph as the procession made its way past.
The Queen had arrived at her former home on Tuesday evening in gloom and rain but for her departure from the palace in bright sunshine.
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Some of you may be going to London to witness the historic event of the Queen's lying in state and funeral on Monday (September 19). We would like to hear what it was like to be there and any photos you would like to share.
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