There will be five days over the next week when people can pay their respects to the Queen in person and view her coffin.
There will be two opportunities for the public to pay their respects to the Queen
Buckingham Palace has now confirmed the details for the Queen's funeral, and when people can pay their respects in person in the days leading up to the service.The Queen will be taken by road Palace of Holyroodhouse - the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland - on Sunday. From there she will be taken by road to Buckingham Palace, allowing members of the public to line the route to pay their respects. Once at the palace her coffin will be placed in the Bow Room.
The Queen will lie in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the palace, where members of the public will be able to file past and pay their respects. Her Majesty’s coffin will be placed in the middle of the grand hall on a raised box known as a catafalque. She will stay there until the morning of her funeral.
It will be the first time a member of the Royal Family lies in state in the hall since 2002 when the Queen Mother died. More than 200,000 people queued to view her coffin.On Sunday, the Queen's coffin - draped in the Royal Standard and adorned with the Imperial State Crown - is due to leave Balmoral and head to Edinburgh by road on Sunday.
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