More than 1,100 civil servants have been working unpaid round-the-clock shifts for more than a week to prepare for the Queen's funeral tomorrow.
A core team of around 100 officials are staffing a central operational response team co-ordinated by the Cabinet Office tasked with delivering the biggest public service operation since the Olympics - and one of the largest ever in the UK - with virtually no notice.
Staff turned up to work on Thursday last week and did not leave until the following day as the news they most dreaded came through from Balmoral.
