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Catherine Wylie & Ryan Carroll

King and siblings guard Queen's coffin for 15-minute vigil at Westminster Hall

The King and his siblings have stood in silent contemplation as they guarded their mother's coffin for a 15-minute vigil at Westminster Hall.

The Queen's children - Charles, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex - took part in the vigil on Friday evening. The new sovereign, Anne, Andrew and Edward looked sombre as they took their places at the coffin - four days after they participated in a vigil in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Other members of the royal family, including the Queen Consort, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and the Countess of Wessex, along with some of the Queen's grandchildren, looked on. All four were dressed in uniform on Friday, with an exception made for disgraced Andrew, who is no longer a working royal, to wear his military uniform as a "special mark of respect" for the Queen.

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