Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack guard Queen's coffin during lying-in-state
Mr Wallace was joined by a second member of Prime Minister Liz Truss's Cabinet, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, at Westminster Hall.Both men are members of the Royal Company of Archers, which functions as the sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland.
After the Queen's death at Balmoral in Scotland, Mr Wallace said she had "dedicated her life to serving her nation". The Queen's coffin is being guarded in Westminster Hall at all hours by units from the Sovereign's Bodyguard, the Household Division or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London. Some mourners are waiting for nine hours as the queue stretches for almost four miles along the Thames and past Tower Bridge.
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