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Overnight the Household Division rehearsed taking the Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall to lie in state.
The regiments marched down the Mall in darkness as they prepared for Wednesday, when there will be a procession carrying Queen Elizabeth's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London.
The cortege, dressed in their ceremonial attire, were illuminated by the city's street lights as they rehearsed for the transfer.
A gun carriage carried a stand-in coffin, with the regiments making their way along the planned route. Police officers on horseback were also included in the rehearsal.
Tomorrow's route will take the coffin through the Queen's Gardens, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square and New Palace Yard.
The King and other senior members of the Royal Family will follow the coffin on foot. They will also be followed by senior staff of both the Queen’s and the King’s Households, and then close personal staff.
Guardsmen march from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster in the early hours of Tuesday morning
The city's iconic landmarks, including the London Eye, made a backdrop for the overnight rehearsal on Tuesday
The group continued from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in a rehearsal for the transfer of the Queen's coffin
A gun carriage carried a stand-in coffin, with the regiments making their way along the planned route to Westminster Hall
The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday
The cortege, dressed in their ceremonial attire, were illuminated by the city's street lights as they rehearsed for the transfer
Tomorrow's route will take the coffin through the Queen's Gardens, The Mall, Horse Guards and Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, Parliament Street, Parliament Square and New Palace Yard
At 3pm tomorrow the coffin is expected to arrive at the North Door of Westminster Hall, before it will be carried to the catafalque inside by the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards bearer company
The procession marched past London's Big Ben this morning as they rehearsed for tomorrow's coffin transfer
A police officer on horseback is in front of the procession on the Mall, outside Buckingham Palace in London
The overnight rehearsal was in preparation for tomorrow's transfer of the Queen's coffin to Westminster Hall
The procession will walk in silence, without music.
Meanwhile, guards of honour from all three services will be positioned along the route.
The King's Life Guard will give a royal salute as the coffin passes through Horse Guards Arch.
Throughout the procession, minute guns will be fired at Hyde Park by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and Big Ben will toll.
At 3pm tomorrow the coffin is expected to arrive at the North Door of Westminster Hall, before it will be carried to the catafalque inside by the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards bearer company.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will conduct a short service, before Westminster Hall will be opened to the public to begin the start of four-and-a-half days of the Queen lying in state.
A round-the-clock vigil will be mounted around the catafalque by officers of the Household Division, the King's Body Guards of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the King’s Body Guard for Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers and The King’s Body Guard the Yeomen of the Guard.
The group will be joined tomorrow by the King and other senior members of the Royal Family, who will follow the coffin on foot
Outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, the Household Division rehearses for tomorrow's transfer of Queen Elizabeth's coffin
Guards march during a rehearsal for Queen Elizabeth II's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
An early morning rehearsal took place on Tuesday for the procession of Queen Elizabeth's coffin
The group, dressed in their ceremonial attire, carried out a rehearsal through the capital city's streets on Tuesday
A man attends a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
Throughout the procession tomorrow, minute guns will be fired at Hyde Park by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and Big Ben will toll
The regiments marched down the Mall in darkness as they prepared for Wednesday's transfer from Buckingham Palace
Police officers on horseback were also included in the nighttime rehearsal, with the event expected to be witnessed by hundreds of thousands
This evening the Queen's coffin will return to London, accompanied by Princess Anne, after thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Her Majesty's coffin will remain at the cathedral until 5pm following a poignant vigil involving her four children last night.
She will then be taken by hearse through a guard of honour formed by the Royal Company of Archers giving a royal salute to begin to Edinburgh Airport.
Upon arrival, the Queen will be received by the Royal Regiment of Scotland with a royal salute. A bearer party from the Royal Air Force will then be on hand to carry the coffin onto the aircraft.
Princess Anne, who travelled in the cortege from the Queen's beloved Balmoral to Edinburgh on Sunday, will again accompany her mother on the flight to London.
She will be joined by the Very Reverend Professor David Fergusson, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland.
The RAF plane is scheduled to depart from the runway in Edinburgh at 6pm, before touching down at RAF Northolt in west London at 6.55pm.
