Hearse to Buckingham Palace
The hearse will drive to Buckingham Palace, where it will be greeted at the grand entrance by a guard of honor, made up of three officers and 96 soldiers of the King’s Guard.
A group of pallbearers met by The Queen’s Company, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, will carry the coffin into the bow room where it will be placed on trestles in the center of the room.
The arrival will be witnessed by the King and Queen Consort along with other members of the Royal Family. The Rt Revd Dame Sarah Mullally, Dean of the Royal Chapels, will lead prayers and a rotation of Chaplains to the King will watch over the coffin overnight.
The Crown of the Imperial State and a wreath will be placed on the coffin and prayers will be said by the Dean of the Royal Chapels in the presence of the King and other members of the Royal Family.
The coffin will lie in the anteroom ahead of a procession on Wednesday to Westminster Hall for the start of the lying in state. The public will be able to see it at Westminster Hall from Wednesday afternoon.