Queen's funeral: When is the Queen's funeral today? Time and what's happening for Queen's state funeral

The biggest security operation in Britain’s history is swinging into operation today for the Queen’s state funeral in London with an estimated two million people descending on the city as the nation says a final farewell to its longest-reigning monarch.

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Nearly 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries, including US president Joe Biden, will be among the 2,000-strong congregation at the funeral in Westminster Abbey .

More than 10,000 police are on duty, with marksmen on rooftops, uniformed and plain-clothes officers in the crowds and barriers to stop vehicles being driven into crowds.

The Queen’s lying-in-state at Westminster Hall ended at 6.30am this morning after hundreds of thousands of people had filed past her coffin to pay their respects.

It has been announced that two of the Queen’s great-grandchildren, nine-year-old Prince George and his seven-year-old sister, Princess Charlotte, will join other members of the Royal family walking behind the Queen’s coffin as it is carried through the abbey.

All the places closed in Edinburgh today, from Edinburgh Zoo to St James Quarter

Queen’s funeral timetable in full

A general view of mourners along The Mall ahead of The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022 in London (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

This is the timetable for the day:

10.44am - The Queen’s coffin leaves Westminster Hall on a gun carriage pulled by 142 Royal Navy ratings and followed by the King and other members of the Royal family

10.52am - The procession arrives at Westminster Abbey for the funeral service and the coffin is carried inside

11am - The service begins, conducted by the Dean of Westminster, with the sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury