Ben Shephard made sure he took the time to heap praise on the Queen's coffin bearers as cameras rolled on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, describing their heroics as 'exquisite perfection.'
Members of the Queen's Country First Battalion Grenadier Guards had the massive responsibility of carrying the Queen's coffin out of Westminster Hall, where it had been lying in state and then into Westminster Abbey, where world leaders and British politicians were amongst a crowd of 2,000. The young guards were followed by senior members of the Royal Family as scenes of them carrying Her Majesty were beamed to a global audience of billions.
After the moving service at Westminster ended, the Guards were on hand again to carry the coffin out and onto the next step of its journey, up to the Wellington Arch. The men, who never put a foot wrong the whole day, then had the difficult job of transferring the Queen's coffin from the gun carriage to the royal hearse, in preparation for her onward journey to Windsor.
