A summary of today's developments
Prince William said walking behind his grandmother’s hearse on Wednesday was “challenging” and “brought back memories”.
As of 11pm, the queue stands at 4.9 miles long. The estimated waiting time is at least nine hours, according to the government tracker.
People continue to join, with one woman describing the Queen’s lying-in-state as a “piece of history that will never be repeated”.
The Queen’s state funeral will “unite people across the globe” and “pay a fitting tribute to an extraordinary reign”, its organiser, the Duke of Norfolk, has said.
The House of Commons will sit again from next Thursday and the coming recess will be cut nearly a week short, it has been announced.
The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, and the Scotland secretary, Alister Jack, joined other members of the Royal Company of Archers to stand vigil at the Queen’s coffin.
Heathrow airport has announced that it will stop all flights for 15 minutes before the two-minute national silence on Monday and 15 minutes afterwards as a “mark of respect” to the royal family.
The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has paid tribute to the Queen, reflecting on meeting her for the first time when he was just a child and saying Canadians “feel like they have lost a family member”.
Vehicles from the motorcade of the US president, Joe Biden, have been spotted in London as the city prepares to receive hundreds of foreign dignitaries ahead of the Queen’s funeral.
A group of MPs and peers under sanctions from China have expressed serious concerns about the Chinese government being invited to the funeral.
The front page of Friday’s Guardian.
Guardian front page, Friday 16 September 2022: Truss to lift fracking ban despite lack of progress on tremor risks pic.twitter.com/jrjojnJp6p
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