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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived past hushed crowds at Windsor Castle on Monday, for a final committal service at St George's Chapel before burial. The royal hearse, covered in flowers from well-wishers on the journey from London, swept sedately up the Long Walk avenue in a military procession, to tolling bells and ceremonial gunfire.
Queen Elizabeth's cortege arrives at her final resting place in Windsor Castle. Slowly travelling the town's Long Walk, which is packed full with mourners, the late queen's flag-draped coffin makes its final journey to the tune of pipes and drums. Inside the castle, her crown, orb and sceptre will be removed and placed on the altar at a committal service. IMAGES
A hearse carries Queen Elizabeth II's flag-draped coffin up The Long Walk in Windsor, towards her resting place at Windsor Castle, west of London. The queen -- the longest-serving monarch in British history -- died at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on September 8 after a year of declining health. IMAGES
Soldiers load Queen Elizabeth II's coffin into a hearse at Wellington Arch in London, after a service for the late monarch at Westminster Abbey. Members of the royal family watch as the hearse drives off to Windsor accompanied by the sound of God Save the Queen. IMAGES
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived at Westminster Abbey on Monday for a grand state funeral attended by 2,000 guests including leaders from around the world. In a tradition dating back to Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901, the state gun carriage bearing the coffin was hauled to the abbey by Royal Navy sailors, followed in a solemn procession by King Charles III and other senior royals.