Lady Louise steps up to honour Queen with brother away from parents Edward and Sophie
The Queen's youngest granddaughter clutched a tissue as she stood with her younger brother.
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Lady Louise Windsor, the eldest child of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, has paid her respects to her late grandmother together with her younger brother, James, Viscount Severn. The 18-year-old stood alongside her brother as their parents paid their own respects to the Queen.
The pair stood in two rows at the side of Westminster Hall as the new King and other senior royals bowed and curtseyed to the coffin.
The rows included Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice and their husbands, Zara and Mike Tindall, Lord Freddie Windsor and Princess Michael of Kent.
Lady Louise watched on as her parents bowed to the Queen’s coffin before, in a poignant moment, the young royal led her brother, 14, to pay their own respects in a rare moment away from their parents.
Royal fans in tears as they pay first tribute to the Queen at Westminster Hall - VIDEO
The first royal fans to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state in Westminster Hall for the next five days have been pictured stifling sobs.
People were pictured streaming into Westminster Hall having queued up for days to be the first people to see the coffin.
The Queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time this morning as she was carried to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state until Monday.
King Charles III led the procession behind the Queen’s coffin, flanked by the late monarch’s other children Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
Behind the King were the Queen's grandsons in a line - Peter Phillips, the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales - who were followed by the late monarch's son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen's cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdon.
Following the royals, members of the commons, including the new Prime Minister filed into Westminster Hall to honour the Queen.
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All you need to know about the Queen's funeral
Key moments
- Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral will take place on Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey at 11am
- Following the State Funeral, the coffin will undertake a procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, and then on to Windsor
- Once at Windsor, the State Hearse will undertake a procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle via the Long Walk
- A Committal Service will then take place in St George's Chapel, with the Queen laid to rest at the King George VI memorial chapel
Will it be televised?
- The Queen's funeral service will be televised across BBC One, BBC News, and on BBC iPlayer.
- Sky News will also broadcast the funeral on its TV channel, Freeview, the Sky News app and via YouTube.
Westminster Hall opened to the public a little after 5pm, where a queue around 2.5 miles long will file into the venue to catch a glimpse of the Queen’s coffin.
Some members of the public are expected to wait for 30 hours should the queue reach its maximum capacity.
The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall until her state funeral on Monday expected to take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am.
Westminster Abbey holds special meaning for the Royal Family as it was where the Queen was coronated in 1953 and where she married Prince Philip in 1947.
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The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall until her state funeral on Monday expected to take place at Westminster Abbey at 11am.
Heads of state from around the world will gather for the event along with her close family and members of royal families from across Europe, many of whom were blood relatives of the Queen.
Following the funeral, Her Majesty will be taken to Windsor for a final family ceremony at a chapel in Windsor Castle.