From the words in the hymns to the stirring echo of the music, the Queen left nothing to chance in orchestrating her own send off.
Years in the planning, our late monarch’s personality shone throughout a service dedicated to a message of hope and celebration.
The sight of her coffin, adorned with the exquisite Imperial Crown and draped in the Royal Standard, created a striking centrepiece against the black-and-white chequered stone floor of the gothic Westminster Abbey.
