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Thousands witness Queen's final homecoming Rajini Vaidyanathan Reporting from Buckingham Palace The sound of helicopters whirred above. The crowd held their phones in the air, the rain continued to fall - and then she arrived. As she made her final homecoming, some of the thousands who'd...

Cheers and applause at Buckingham Palace George Bowden Reporting from Buckingham Palace A huge cheer went up as the Queen’s hearse passed those waiting beside the palace. After a previously sombre atmosphere came a respectful celebration of the late Queen. Applause and shouts of “rest in...

Queen's hearse arrives at Buckingham Palace The Queen's coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace to cheers from the crowd. Alongside King Charles III, the hearse is being received by Princes William and Harry and other members of the Royal Family. Thousands of people lined the 14-mile route...

Queen's coffin has arrived in London The Queen's coffin has arrived in London from Edinburgh on an RAF plane where it will travel to Buckingham Palace and be received by the King and Queen and the children and grandchildren of Her Majesty. Amongst those at RAF Northolt as it arrived in the UK...

"I can't bear this bloody thing!" The King today got frustrated with a leaky pen during a book-signing ceremony at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, though with everything that's happening in his life right now - the death of his mother and unexpectedly becoming Head of State at this time - we...

Crowds have started camping outside Westminster Hall in London ahead of the Queen's lying in state on Wednesday. Huge crowds of people are expected to pay their respects, with members of the public already being warned to expect long queues around the capital.

Princess Anne’s emotional and historic moment beside the Queen’s coffin

The Crown of Scotland Resting on top of the Queen's coffin at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh is the Crown of Scotland. It dates back to the reign of James V, who was King of Scotland from 1513 until his death in 1542. They are the oldest crown jewels in the United Kingdom. It's made from...

What's happening today? It's another busy day: In the morning: King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will visit Belfast where the monarch will meet Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris, as well as other party leaders. After a meeting with religious leaders, the...

It's 7:30am and great swathes of people are still filing past the coffin at St Giles' Cathedral up in Edinburgh. People have been queuing up and filing past all night, with the queue up to a mile long. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826

You also have to remember that Charles has just lost his mother so he's in the darkest stages of grief right now so that would make him seem not quite his normal self. He's having to go about his monarchical affairs whilst grieving for his beloved mother. Many people have time off work when...

I don't see that. They both seemed quite confident and regal to me. The King is 74 on 14th November and he's spent his entire life in the public eye and has spent decades making public speeches, so this isn't new to him.

King Charles III addresses Parliament King Charles and the Queen Consort arrive at Westminster Hall this morning to address both Houses of Parliament. In the speech, he quoted William Shakespeare in a tribute to his late mother, saying: "As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth...

The Queen's four children perform the Vigil of the Princes

Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward stand vigil Members of the public file past as the Queen's children stand is silence alongside their mother's coffin After a poignant 10 minutes, the vigil has now come to an end, with the Royal Family returning to their cars to applause from the crowd outside...

The Queen's children take their places King Charles III (far right), Princess Anne (centre), Prince Andrew (far left) and Prince Edward (back centre) - the Queen's four children - stand guard around her coffin As we reported earlier, the Queen's four children are performing the traditional...

King and Queen Consort arrive for vigil King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, are now arriving at St Giles' Cathedral where they will hold a vigil for the Queen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826

Tears and hugs as mourners file past Queen's coffin A stream of mourners has been queueing in the late summer sunshine to enter St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where the Queen's coffin lies at rest. They collected wristbands about a mile away at a station in The Meadows park earlier on...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla hear condolences King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla sit down on the thrones inside the hall, ready to hear messages of condolences from parliamentary members present. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826