Aurelia Foster
In Surbiton

Phyllis Hales, 100, was one of the last people to receive a telegram from the Queen in June.

She stood on the streets of London to watch the Queen’s wedding and her coronation.

“I was here before she was born and I’m still here,” she said.

Today, she watched Her Majesty’s funeral with other residents of the Royal Star & Garter – a nursing home in Surbiton for former military personnel.

“It was all perfect,” she said. It was “sad and happy”.

Phyllis, who served in the Women’s RAF during the Second World War, said the military display made her “very proud”. “Having been in the service myself, it meant more to me”.

She the service men and women who took part in the procession would have also been proud to have been part of today’s ceremony. “I envied them thinking ‘I wish I could have done that.’

“I am sure she (the Queen) would have been very pleased, very grateful to all her people.”

Later on this evening, at a private family service, the Queen will be buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI memorial chapel, located inside St George's Chapel.

Her marble slab will be engraved ELIZABETH II 1926-2022.

The Royal Family will return to the chapel at 19:30 for the private event.

Margaret Ryan
In Windsor

Many in the crowd on the Long Walk in Windsor were locals.

Sheila Kalsi, who lives nearby, arrived just after 05:00 with her children - Marcus, aged 15, and 11-year-old Annabel. “I felt like she was part of our family,” she said.

She shook Prince William’s hand on the Long Walk this week to offer condolences and was here again today to pay her respects.

For Dawan Bagha, from Slough, it was the natural thing to come today.

“We’ve only known the Queen. She was adored by the public,” he says.

His three-month-old daughter was fast asleep in the pram.

“A new era has begun,” he said. “It’s funny to think that she may never see another queen in her lifetime,” he said.

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The Queen's funeral was steeped in tradition, but there were some personal touches too.

Corgis: Two of the Queen's beloved corgis Muick and Sandy awaited the procession carrying her coffin to St George's Chapel inside Windsor Castle.

Jewellery: The Princess of Wales wore a four-row Japanese pearl choker necklace with a curved diamond clasp, which once belonged to the Queen. The Queen, who commissioned the design using cultured pearls from the Japanese government, wore it regularly in the 1980s and 1990s.

A lone piper: The service at Westminster Abbey closed to the haunting sound of bagpipes, played by the Queen's personal piper. For 70 years, largely without exception, the Piper to the Sovereign would play each morning for 15 minutes beneath the Queen's window, wherever she was resident.

Flowers: At King Charles III's request, the wreath for Her Majesty's funeral contained flowers and foliage cut from the gardens of Buckingham Palace and Clarence House in London - and Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.

A favourite hymn: The Lord's My Shepherd was one of the hymns sung by the 2,000 mourners at Westminster Abbey. It was said to have been a personal favourite of the Queen, and was also sung at her wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 at Westminster Abbey.

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Watch as the instruments of state, given to the Queen on her coronation, are removed from her coffin for the last time.

This happened shortly before the late monarch was lowered into the royal vault in St George's Chapel.

Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent

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Even when you know something important has happened, it can still have the power to shock. Particularly when you see it with your own eyes.

I had a close-up view inside Westminster Abbey, and that electric moment came when the Queen's coffin was brought up the aisle.

This was history before us, solemn, spectacular and intense.

Heads of state, dignitaries and local community heroes, side by side on this once-in a-lifetime guest list, suddenly stood up to attention together.

The significance of the moment was almost audible. The chatter, the WhatsApps, texts and tweets from the crowded pews stopped in its tracks. There was a sharp intake of breath.

We were watching something that we'd remember all our lives. An era was ending, step by step, right before our eyes, here and now, as the soldiers carrying the coffin shuffled up the aisle.

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Jo Couzens
At the Long Walk, Windsor

While many quickly made their way out of the Long Walk after the funeral procession entered Windsor Castle, a few remained to watch the service on the screens there.

Lloney and Elvira Monono from Maidenhead had waited for hours with their children to see the Queen's coffin make its way into the castle and now they join those applauding as the service comes to an end.

"It's a moment of history," says Lloney. "She is the only monarch I have known in my life, someone who served for 70 years. The least we can do is come here for a few hours to pay our respects.

"I have to doff my hat to her, she kept her promise right to the very end, welcoming the new PM just days before she died."

Elvira tells me she was born in Cameroon and his huge respect for Her Majesty as the head of the Commonwealth.

"As head of the post-colonial world, she has been the constant in our lives all the way through.

"It doesn’t mean much to our children at the moment, they are too young – but they stood at the front and saw her coffin so hopefully in a few years they will understand."

A little earlier, Queen Elizabeth's coffin was lowered into the royal vault in St George's Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

This came at the end of the committal service, and with it the end of public funeral events for the late monarch.

The scenes we’ve witnessed today are likely to be replayed for decades to come. Here’s a recap of what’s happened:

• The day started with the conclusion of the Queen’s lying-in-state period, and the procession of her coffin to Westminster Abbey
• A funeral service there was attended by around 2,000 people including many heads of state
• A larger procession then marched the coffin of Elizabeth II to Wellington Arch: a landmark with triumphal significance in British history
• The late sovereign was then placed in a hearse and driven to Windsor
• The day’s third procession again saw the King and other royals walk behind the Queen’s hearse as she was taken to St George’s Chapel for a committal service attended by 800 people
• Later - at 19:30 - the Royal Family will return to the chapel for a private event that will see Elizabeth interred alongside her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh
• A period of royal mourning continues for another week - until the end of 26 September

Margaret Ryan
At the Long Walk, Windsor

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Thousands of people who had lined the Long Walk in Windsor to see the Queen's funeral procession stayed to watch her committal service on the big screens.

As the piper played, many in the crowd became tearful. Among them was Dianne Turner, who'd travelled from Somerset.

She said: "I'm here because she was such an incredible woman.

"And I think I got so emotional because my mum loved the Queen and this would have meant a lot to her."

Turner, 62, had intended to go to central London this morning for the service but trains were suspended so she and others she met along the way came up with an alternative plan to come to Windsor instead.

Lecturer Michael Ashworth agrees there was a feeling of a shared experience.

The 24-year-old lives nearby in High Wycombe and he says he could not not be here. “It’s amazing one person brings so many people together. “

Though the crowd had thinned out a bit, the Long Walk felt like an extension of the chapel. There was a quiet reflective mood.

When the National Anthem played many people joined in and afterwards a round of applause broke out.

The committal service for Queen Elizabeth II has now ended. Her coffin was lowered into the vault at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, ahead of a private burial service later.

Before the committal, her coffin was taken in a procession to along Windsor's Long Walk.

Flanked by members of the Household Cavalry and to the sound of bagpipes from Scottish and Irish regiments, the procession took 25 minutes to reach Windsor Castle's Quadrangle.

King Charles III and the Queen consort speak to the Archbishop of Canterbury and clergy outside the chapel as they leave the committal service.

The service is now coming to an end, with the organist playing Prelude and Fugue in C minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.

That brings to an end the committal service in St George’s Chapel attended by around 800 people - and with it, the public events for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Members of the Royal Family including King Charles III will now leave the chapel and go to Windsor Castle itself.

But at 19:30 this evening, the King and his relatives will return to the chapel for the Queen’s burial.

She will be interred next to her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Details of that service haven't been disclosed, with Buckingham Palace calling it a "deeply personal family occasion".

The congregation now joins in singing God Save the King.

The Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, is now giving a blessing.

He says: "Go forth into the world in peace; Be of good courage, hold fast that which is good, render to no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted, support the weak, help the afflicted, honour all people, love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit;

"And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always. Amen."

The Queen's piper is playing a lament to mark the solemn moment as the coffin is lowered.

The Queen is being slowly lowered into the royal vault ahead of her burial later in a private family service.

The Dean is reading a psalm and the commendation.

The Garter King of Arms then pronounces the Queen’s styles and titles - the different names by which she was known during her reign.

We're seeing another moment loaded with symbolism as the Lord Chamberlain, Baron Parker, ceremonially breaks his wand of office and places it on top of the Queen’s coffin.

The former MI5 chief was appointed the top-ranking official in the late Queen’s household last year.

It’s the job of the Lord Chamberlain to organise events for the monarch - but also to ensure discipline among royal staff.

The thin, white wand in question was historically used to tap misbehaving employees as a warning to sharpen up their act.

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The King receives the Queen’s Company Camp Colour, a small flag, and places it on his mother's coffin.