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World's most powerful leaders join Royal Family as billions set to watch Queen's funeral
London for the Queen's state funeral.Her Majesty who died peacefully aged 96 in her summer home of Balmoral Castle, Scotland on September 8, will today (Monday) be officially laid to rest on Monday.Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said “nothing can compare” to the “hugely complex” task, which a former counter-terrorism police chief has described as “probably the biggest operation that we’re likely to mount in the UK”.READ MORE: Queen funeral at 'serious threat' as MI5 and Met launch major anti-terror opAs millions are expected to line the streets of the capital to catch a glimpse of the historic occasion, another 4.1billion are estimated to be glued to their TV screens as the events of the day unfold.People have been photographed camping on pavements to secure prime positions.