Today marks one week since the Queen's funeral, which saw 28 million people in the UK tune in to watch the final farewell to Her Majesty.
Since her death on September 8, thousands of mourners have been laying floral tributes at Green Park and Hyde Park in honour of the late long-running monarch.
But the floral displays can't remain in the parks forever, and as the Royal Family's mourning period comes to an end, the Royal Parks have laid out their plans for removing the tributes in a "sensitive" way.
Here's exactly what will happen to all of the flowers left for the Queen, and when they're being removed.
When will floral tributes for the Queen be removed?
Floral tributes that have been left for the Queen at the dedicated sites at Green Park and Hyde Park will start to be removed from today (September 26).
The removal of flowers left for the Queen coincides with the end of the official Royal Family's mourning period.
The Royal Parks said that the public would be able to lay floral tributes in the week following Her Majesty The Queen's funeral but that after this flowers would be removed.
It's expected to take around five days for all the tributes to be removed from the two sites.
As well as tributes at the dedicated sites, members of the public have also been leaving flowers at other sites across London, including along The Mall.
Tributes in these areas have been removed "sensitively" by The Royal Parks' staff and were relocated to either Green Park or Hyde Park.
What will happen to the flowers left for the Queen?
The floral tributes left for the Queen are now being removed and taken to Hyde Park nursery to be processed ready for composting.
The Royal Parks confirmed that they will then "remove any remaining packaging, cards and labels and to separate plant material for composting in nearby Kensington Gardens".
The organic compost made using the floral tributes will then be used for shrubberies and landscaping projects across the Royal Parks.
The London Royal Parks that will benefit from the compost include Hyde Park, Green Park, St James's Park, Regent's Park and Kensington Gardens.
Although The Royal Parks asked mourners to only lay organic or compostable material, many members of the public have been leaving other types of tributes to the Queen, including Paddington Bears.
Any non-floral objects left at the sites, including cards and labels, will taken to a storage facility when they are removed, although The Royal Parks has not confirmed what will happen to them after this yet.
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