The Queen's state funeral on Monday is set to be one of the biggest events ever staged with billions of people watching around the globe.
Around 2,000 world leaders will attend the service at Westminster Abbey before her coffin is transported to Windsor for another ceremony at St George's Chapel. But despite the large scale of the monarch's final send-off, it appears many personal touches have been included in the plans on Monday that will let those who knew the Queen personally to pay tribute to their friend and boss. Here we look at some of the poignant details included in the funeral plans....
Family link to gun carriage
The funeral procession will begin at 10.44am when Her Majesty's coffin is moved from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey.
The Queen’s coffin will be carried on a 123-year-old gun carriage towed by 142 Royal Navy sailors in a tradition dating back to the funeral of Queen Victoria.
And the gun carriage is of massive significance for the late Queen as it is the same carriage that carried her father, grandfather and great-grandfather's (Edward VI, George V and George VI) coffins to their funerals
Other coffins to be transported on the carriage include those of Winston Churchill and Lord Louis Mountbatten.
Special guests in congregation
There will be 2,000 guests assembled at Westminster Abbey for the state funeral, including Commonwealth and world leaders - but as well as members of the Queen's family, there will also be some other special guests.
These will include people from organisation with whom the monarch had patronages with as well as recipients of the George Cross and Victoria Cross.
Queen's piper
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One of the most poignant moments of the funeral service at Westminster Abbey is set to be when the Queen's personal piper will bring the event to a close with a lament.
The piper will also play a lament from the doorway between St George's Chapel and the Dean’s Cloister during which he will walk slowly towards the Deanery in the Cloister so that the music inside the Chapel gradually fades after the Queen's coffin is lowered into the Royal Vault.
Personal escort
Once the service in Westminster Abbey is over, the Queen's coffin will be taken to Wellington Arch, with the route lined by members of the Armed Forces.
Among the forces that will lead the procession to Wellington Arch will be detachments from the forces, who hold the privilege of a special relationship with the Queen, including mounted elements of the Household Cavalry.
Windsor service
Following the state funeral at Westminster Abbey, there will be a committal service at St George's Chapel, which will include a procession up the Long Walk.
As well as members of the royal family and armed forces being the procession, there will also be members of the Queen's personal staff.
Meanwhile inside the chapel in the General Congregation, there will be members of Her Majesty's staff both past and present, including personal staff who work, or who have worked, on the private estates.
Touching tribute
During the service, the Queen's coffin will be lowered into the royal vault - but before this happens, King Charles will take part in a poignant moment.
At the end of the final hymn, Charles will place The Queen's Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards on the Coffin. The Grenadier Guards are the most senior of the Foot Guards regiments and the late Queen was their Colonel in Chief.
Final resting place
The Queen's final resting place will be the King George VI Memorial Chapel the resting place of the Queen's father, King George VI, the Queen's mother and sister, Princess Margaret.
She will be interred next to her husband Prince Philip, who died last year. Philip is currently in the Royal Vault but will be moved to be with his wife.
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