The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

A choir sings as Elizabeth II's coffin is carried down the aisle of Westminster Abbey.

King Charles III, Princes Andrew and Edward, and Princess Anne are following their mother towards the front of the abbey.

They are joined by several of the Queen's other descendants, including Princes William and Harry.

Camilla, the Queen Consort, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, The Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent have joined the royal procession behind the coffin as it makes it way through the abbey.

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The Queen's coffin is being carried into Westminster Abbey after a short procession from the Westminster Hall, where it lay in state.

Elizabeth II's funeral service is beginning.

Waiting for the Queen’s coffin in Parliament Square is a tri-service honor guard of three officers and 53 rank-and-file from each service with colours draped. It is accompanied by a Band of the Royal Marines with Drums draped and muffled.

In a few moments, the coffin will enter Westminster Abbey and the service will begin

The State Gun Carriage carrying the Queen to Westminster Abbey has a fascinating history.  

In the care of the Royal Navy since 1901, it was removed from active service for Queen Victoria’s funeral. 

It has also been used for the funerals of several other monarchs, including those of King Edward VII, King George V and King George VI.  

It also featured in the funerals of the Queen's first prime minister, Winston Churchill, and her cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten. 

In keeping with tradition, the gun carriage is being drawn by 142 Royal Naval Ratings, who are service personnel.  

It is flanked by the bearer party, pallbearers made up of the Queen’s service equerries, as well as detachments of the King’s Body Guards of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The Yeomen of the Guard and the Royal Company of Archers.  

King Charles III is leading the royal family on foot behind the Queen’s coffin.

In a similar formation to that we saw when the coffin was conveyed to Westminster Hall last week, the King is walking in a line with his siblings, Princess Anne and the Princes Andrew and Edward.

Behind them is William, Prince of Wales, Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Peter Phillips, the son of Princess Anne.

They are followed by Anne’s husband, Vice Admiral Tim Laurence, the Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester and the Queen’s nephew the Earl of Snowdon. Staff from the household of the King and Prince of Wales are bringing up the rear.

There is an incredible military presence in the royal procession.

Flanking the Queen’s coffin is the bearer party, which is founded by the Queen’s Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, and 10 pallbearers made up of former equerries to the Queen, as well as detachments of the King’s Body Guards of the Honourable Crops of Gentlemen at Arms, The Yeomen of the Guard and the Royal Company of Archers.

The procession is being led by 200 musicians: A massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force.

Directly behind the coffin is the King and members of the royal family and the King’s Household.

The Queen’s coffin is being taken in a procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy.

The coffin is draped with the Royal Standard, and the Instruments of State -- the Imperial State Crown and regalia -- are laid upon it along with a flower wreath.

The wreath -- which has been made in a sustainable manner -- contains flowers and foliage cut from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove House at the request of King Charles III.

It sits in a nest of English moss and oak branches.

The flowers included are: scented pelargoniums; garden roses; autumnal hydrangea; sedum; dahlias; and scabious. They are all in shades of gold, pink and deep burgundy, with white elements to reflect the Royal Standard.

The foliage that has been included in the wreath was selected for its symbolism -- rosemary (for remembrance), myrtle (an ancient symbol of a happy marriage), and English oak (symbolic of the strength of love).

The myrtle was cut from a plant grown from a sprig of myrtle that featured in the Queen’s wedding bouquet when she married Prince Philip in 1947.

The Queen's coffin has been placed on the State Gun Carriage, and the procession that will take the late monarch to Westminster Abbey has begun.

The Queen's four children, including King Charles III, are following her coffin on foot.

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has been lifted from the catafalque in Westminster Hall, where the late monarch has been lying in state, and will now make its way towards Westminster Abbey.  

The bearer party carrying the coffin is founded by the Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.  

As monarch, Elizabeth II held the position of Company Commander of the Grenadier Guards’ Queen’s Company, making a personal review of the unit once every decade.  

“Their 12 very best soldiers will have been selected to provide the bearer party at Her Majesty’s funeral,” the British Army’s website said.  

Elizabeth II has been lying inside Westminster Hall since Wednesday, and mourners have been constantly filing through the building to pay their final respects.