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Nation bids farewell to Queen with pageantry, pomp and reverence

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets for the walking processions

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of London and Windsor to bid a fond and heartfelt farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch.

In services in Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, the Queen's 96-year life was celebrated ahead of a private burial with her family on Monday evening.

Her final resting place will be the King George VI memorial chapel in Windsor Castle, an annexe to the main chapel, where she will be buried next to her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, whose coffin will be moved from the Royal Vault to join the Queen's.

Public events in remembrance of the Queen have now ended, though a period of royal mourning continues until 26 September.

In London, the Queen’s coffin was carried along by carriage pulled by sailors in two walking processions - one from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey and a second from the Abbey to Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner.

From there it was driven to Windsor, where another walking procession escorted the coffin up the long walk to St George's Chapel.

Personnel from the armed services lined the streets with the processions led by members of the household cavalry, Grenadier Guards. and armed forces from the Commonwealth.

King Charles walked behind the coffin in all three processions alongside the Queen's other children, Princess Royal, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex.

The Queen's grandsons, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex and Peter Phillips walked behind them.

Tributes flood in for UK’s longest-serving monarch

Heads of governments, prime ministers and presidents, European royals and key public figures attended the Westminster Abbey ceremony, though the Windsor service was a smaller gathering led by the Dean of Windsor.

"In the midst of our rapidly changing and frequently troubled world, her calm and dignified presence has given us confidence to face the future, as she did, with courage and with hope," he said.

The Windsor service ended with the symbols of the Queen's office - the Crown, Orb and Sceptre - being removed from the coffin and placed on the altar of the chapel.

In another symbolic moment, King Charles laid the camp colours of the Grenadier Guards, the Queen's regiment, on her coffin, while the Lord Chamberlain, the head of the Queen's household, then broke his staff of office and placed the pieces on the colours.

A piper's lament players as Queen Elizabeth was lowered into the Royal Vault followed by the singing of God Save the King

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