World's most powerful leaders join Royal Family as billions set to watch Queen's funeral

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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.

Those arriving into London Paddington station on Monday morning were hit by travel chaos on delayed Great Western Railway services and then the suspension of the Elizabeth Line.To add to their woes, London City Hall announced soon after 9am that all public viewing areas for the Queen’s funeral procession are full, ruling out all hopes of joining the crowds for late comers.The queue for the late monarch's lying-in-state at Westminster Hall was ended at 6.30am this morning after becoming notorious for its "very British" 13-hour waiting times, which was not too long for David Beckham.US President Biden paid his respects to the Queen from the viewpoint of a balcony in the Hall on Sunday evening, ahead of Monday's formal ceremony.The funeral service will commence at Westminster Abbey at 11am after Elizabeth II's coffin is loaded onto a gun carriage for the short procession from Westminster Hall.King Charles III and other.