The route of the procession after the funeral service today
Click to enlarge: The route of the procession after the funeral service today (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

Thousands of people lined the streets for the procession of the Queen’s coffin through central London.

At the conclusion of her funeral service in Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth II was borne once again onto the state gun carriage.

People took the final chance to pay their respects as a procession made its way from the abbey and through the streets, before the monarch’s final journey back to Windsor.

The route moved down Whitehall, past Horse Guards, down The Mall and Constitution Hill and ends at Wellington Arch.

After passing Buckingham Palace, crowds broke out into a round ofapplause as the State Gun Carriage moved past. The King’s Guard turned out in the forecourt of the Palace to give a salute to the coffin at the Queen Victoria Monument.

It has now reached the end of the route and passed under Wellington Arch, where the procession paused before the coffin was lifted into the state hearse.

As the convoy left to drive 22 miles to Windsor Castle for the last stages of the Queen’s funeral events, the military musicians gathered played God Save The King and the cars then drove away in silence.

Route of Queens coffin from Wellington Arch to Windsor Castle
The route of the Queen’s coffin from Wellington Arch to Windsor Castle (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
Procession route through Windsor
After arriving in Windsor, the procession will take this route (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
Members of the public wait for the passage of the coffin along the Procession Route in London
Members of the public wait for the passage of the coffin along the Procession Route in London (Picture: Getty)
Flowers and a handwritten message from King Charles are seen on the Queen's coffin during the procession.
Flowers and a handwritten message from King Charles are seen on the Queen’s coffin during the procession. The message reads: ‘In loving and devoted memory’ (Picture: Reuters)
The Queen's coffin in procession along the Mall
She was conveyed along the Mall which runs in front of Buckingham Palace in London

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This will involve a quieter, slower journey along A-roads instead of motorways, to allow royal well-wishers to say a final goodbye to the late Queen.

The state hearse will go via the Long Walk, beginning at Shaw Farm Gate on Albert Road where crowds have already gathered ahead of a committal service at 4pm.

The service will be televised, and there will later be a final private service at 7.30pm where the Queen will be interred alongside her husband Prince Philip, her sister and her parents at King George VI Memorial Chapel.

It is now too late to go into London to join the crowds in person, as as the public viewing areas are full.

However, the funeral and procession are being shown on large screens in Hyde Park which remain open.

Thousands of mourners are present along the route, while on the other side of barriers police officers in dress uniform line the length of the thoroughfare linking the palace with Wellington Arch.

Those gathered will see King Charles walk behind the coffin with his siblings, and son princes William and Harry.

Minute Guns are being fired in Hyde Park, as Big Ben tolls throughout the duration of the procession.

Ex-Service Association standard bearers, mustered by the Royal British Legion, flanked the Cenotaph on Whitehall and saluted as the Queen’s coffin moved past.

The state hearse will take this route on its way to Windsor

The convoy will then travel west along the south edge of Hyde Park, before passing through Queens Gate and heading along Cromwell Road in Kensington.

Continuing through the capital, it will pass Hammersmith and Chiswick along the north bank of the River Thames.

It will then leave London on the Great West Road – the A4 – where it will pass south of Heathrow Airport, before going past Staines on the Great South West Road, the A30.

The Queen’s coffin will then enter the grounds of Windsor Castle through Shaw Farm Gate on the A308 at 3.06pm.

Crowds gathering on the Long Walk in Windsor
Crowds gathering on the Long Walk in Windsor this morning (Picture: Reuters)

It will take these roads:

  • Apsley Way
  • South Carriage Drive
  • Queens Gate
  • Cromwell Road
  • Talgarth Road (via Hammersmith Flyover)
  • Great West Road (A4)
  • Great South West Road (A30)
  • London Road (A30) (via under Chiswick Flyover)
  • Staines Road (A30)
  • Windsor Road (A308)
  • Albert Road (A308) to Shaw Farm Gate

In Windsor, the hearse will process along Albert Road, Long Walk, Cambridge Gate, Cambridge Drive, George IV Gate, Quadrangle (south and west sides), Engine Court, Norman Arch, Chapel Hill and the Parade Ground.

The procession, which will have been joined by the King and other family members on the north side of the quadrangle as it passes into Engine Court, will arrive at the West Steps of the chapel in Horseshoe Cloister at 3.53pm.

The bearer party will lift the coffin from the hearse, and it will be carried in procession up the steps into St George’s Chapel before the committal service.

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Procession route for Queen Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey
Before the funeral, a procession took this route bearing the Queen’s coffin to Westminster Abbey (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
The coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes its way to Westminster Abbey
The Queen’s coffin being taken to Westminster Abbey before the state funeral (Picture: Reuters)
This afternoon's procession began at Westminster Abbey and will end at Wellington Arch
This afternoon’s procession began at Westminster Abbey and will end at Wellington Arch
People gather on the Mall on the day of the state funeral
People gather on the Mall on the day of the state funeral (Picture: Reuters)
People wait along the Queen's funeral procession route
Those present will be waiting several hours before the procession goes by (Picture: AFP)
Crowds gather at Horse Guards Avenue ahead of the State Funeral
Crowds gather at Horse Guards Avenue ahead of the State Funeral (Picture: PA)
People gather in Hyde Park where the State Funeral Service of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will be shown on a large screen in London
The viewing areas for the procession are now closed, so people are now being directed to Hyde Park instead where the procession will be shown on screens (Picture: Getty)
Police officers on duty in London for the Queen's funeral
Over 10,000 police officers are on duty in the capital today for the funeral

Some in the crowd wore medals, others waved Union Jack flags, many clutched thermos flasks and waited on picnic blankets and stools.

One sign being carried bore the message: ‘She left her soul in bonnie Scotland to remain the monarch of every glen.’

The state gun carriage left Westminster Abbey at 12.15pm.

Those witnessing it pass by will have waited for hours, with some even camping overnight to be sure of a spot.

Ness Spry and Eugenie Brice, friends for 49 years, braved the crowds to gather at Whitehall from 3am.

Ms Spry said the procession was ‘absolutely brilliant’: ‘A good send off, we’re Londoners, we’re born and bred, it was amazing, very emotional.’

The most important part was the two-minute silence, as well as the crowd joining in with the national anthem, Ms Brice said.

‘Ten hours standing and waiting for her, it was nothing.’

Before the funeral service, a shorter procession conveyed the coffin to the abbey.

The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and carried the Imperial State Crown and a wreath of flowers containing plants from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove House.

Leading the procession were around 200 pipers and drummers of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas and RAF.

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