The two eldest children of the Prince and Princess of Wales will be among 2,000 people who will gather at Westminster Abbey to say goodbye to the monarch they knew as ‘Gan Gan’. The second and third in line to the throne will walk in procession behind the Queen’s coffin as it is carried by the military pallbearer. Last chance to see the Queen’s coffin. The funeral will be shown on big screens across the UK – all the latest news, live Their grandfather King Charles with the Queen consort will be immediately behind the coffin, followed by the Princess Royal and Rear-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, then the Duke of York, followed by the Earl and Countess of Wessex and then the Prince and the Princess of Wales. Nine-year-old George and seven-year-old Charlotte will walk side by side behind their parents, followed by their uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and other members of the royal family. He is also expected to be at the service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, later in the day. However, their four-year-old brother Prince Louis is not expected to attend. Read more: Queen Consort Camilla’s moving TV tribute to the woman who asked a nation to embrace her How the Queen forged a ‘special relationship’ with America that could now be under pressure ‘His sense of duty is equal to the Queen’: Archbishop of Canterbury praises King Charles Details of the service have been revealed, including the music, which will feature the Queen’s Piper, Warrant Officer Class 1 (Pipe Major) Paul Burns, playing the traditional lament Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Before the service, the tenor bell will ring every minute for 96 minutes, reflecting the years of the Queen’s life. One of the hymns – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want – was sung at the Queen’s wedding when she married the Duke of Edinburgh at the same abbey in 1947. The other hymns are: The day you gave, Lord, is over. and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. Click to subscribe to Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts Prayers will be said by the Reverend Dr Iain Greenshields, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, for “the long life and reign of Queen Elizabeth, gratefully recalling her gifts of wisdom, diligence and service”. The Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mulally, will say a prayer for “our most noble Sovereign Lord King Charles, Camilla the Queen Consort, William Prince of Wales and all the Royal Family”.
