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VIDEO: In the last official homage to Queen Elizabeth II before her funeral on Monday, Britain observes a minute of silence in her memory

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, as her coffin Lies in State inside Westminster Hall in London

Funeral of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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VIDEO: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive at Westminster Hall to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

The last state funeral to be held in Britain was in 1965 for the country's wartime prime minister Winston Churchill

Among the world leaders and royalty paying their respects to Queen Elizabeth II as she Lies in State were:

- Japan's Emperor Naruhito
- Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia
- Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema
- Norway's King Harald V

#BREAKING Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state ends ahead of funeral

#UPDATE The lying-in-state ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall has formally ended and the doors closed to the public ahead of her state funeral.

Over 5 days, tens of thousands of people had waited hours in line before filing past her coffin to pay their respects

Britain and the world prepare to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II.

The queen will be laid to rest after a grand state funeral attended by leaders from around the world, and a historic last ceremonial journey through the packed streets of London

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@AFP's Paul Ellis captures police officers preparing to take their places along The Mall in London, a few hours ahead of the State Funeral Service of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II

VIDEO: Final preparations at Westminster Abbey ahead of the Queen's Funeral.

Police officers and the media make their final preparations outside Westminster Abbey on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

🇬🇧 A well-wisher waits on the procession route ahead of the state funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto Graphic showing main events for the funeral of #QueenElizabethII
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto #UPDATE #QueenElizabethII will be laid to rest after a state funeral attended by leaders from around the world and a historic last ceremonial journey through the packed streets of London.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto 🇬🇧 Huge crowds of well-wishers have gathered along the procession route in central London to secure a spot to watch the state funeral of #QueenElizabethII at Westminster Abbey

@lgouliam @AFPphoto VIDEO: Guests arrive by coach for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby greets guests as they arrive for the funeral service at London's Westminster Abbey.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto #BREAKING Queen's coffin borne out of Westminster Hall for funeral

@lgouliam @AFPphoto #UPDATE Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has left parliament's medieval Westminster Hall, borne by red-jacketed soldiers from the Grenadier Guards, en route to her state funeral

@lgouliam @AFPphoto #UPDATE Map showing the procession route after Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on September 19, from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, then to Windsor Castle
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto VIDEO: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin processes through London ahead of her state funeral which will be attended by leaders from all over the world

@lgouliam @AFPphoto #BREAKING Queen Elizabeth II's coffin carried into Westminster Abbey for state funeral

@lgouliam @AFPphoto #UPDATE Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has arrived at Westminster Abbey for a grand state funeral attended by 2,000 guests including leaders from around the world

@lgouliam @AFPphoto VIDEO: Members of the Royal Family walk behind Queen Elizabeth II's coffin as it approaches Westminster Abbey for her state funeral.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto 🇬🇧 Britain's King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward arrive at Westminster Abbey for the state funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto 🇬🇧 Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is carried into Westminster Abbey for her state funeral.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff #BREAKING Archbishop of Canterbury praises queen's service to UK and Commonwealth

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff #UPDATE Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has praised Queen Elizabeth II's life of duty and service to the UK and Commonwealth at the state funeral for Britain's longest-serving monarch.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff 🇬🇧 Britain's King Charles III and the Royal Family attend the state funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #BREAKING Two minutes' silence held in memory of Queen Elizabeth II

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #BREAKING 'God Save the King' sung at state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #UPDATE World leaders have joined members of the public in two minutes' silence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II at her state funeral in London.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #UPDATE The funeral of Britain's longest-serving monarch ended with "God Save the King", the reworded national anthem after her son Charles's accession.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp VIDEO: All across Britain, people gather to watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. While crowds flock to Hyde Park and Edinburgh's Holyrood Park, where the procession is streamed on big screens, others watch on respectfully in the country's pubs.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #UPDATE Beijing said President Joe Biden's latest comments that the United States would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion "severely violate" Washington's policy towards the island.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #UPDATE Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp VIDEO: Crowds throng the streets to see the formal procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin down Whitehall in London en route to Wellington Arch, after a funeral service for the late monarch at Westminster Abbey.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp 🇬🇧 Britain bids farewell to #QueenElizabethII at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners.

@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp #UPDATE The laying to rest of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign witnessed the aftermath of World War II, the Cold War and dizzying technological change, marks a further step in a leave-taking with the 20th century.
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@lgouliam @AFPphoto @oliscarff @stansall_afp Queen Elizabeth II was married and crowned in Westminster Abbey. In death, she entered and departed the thousand-year-old church to the same words of prayer: "May God grant to the living, grace; to the departed, rest."
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