Jon Kay
In Victoria Tower Gardens

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I know a lot of people have been worried about waste in the lying-in-state queue - blankets being thrown away for example.

Well, the blankets which have been given out to people to keep them warm overnight are left on some grass at the point of the queue just before people enter Westminster Hall.

The blankets are then washed and either given to the people who are at the back of the queue who are just starting their wait.

Scout groups are collecting unused sealed food from people and are putting it into storage so it can go to foodbanks or homeless shelters.

Authorities say everything is being thought about so as much of it can be shared and passed on as possible.

One of the UK’s biggest transport operations will take place on Monday as mourners descend on London for the Queen’s funeral.

Transport for London (TfL) is bracing for around one million people to visit the capital.

Around 250 extra rail services will run – including some overnight trains – and National Highways has suspended planned motorway closures across England.

There are fears the transport network will be overwhelmed on Monday afternoon if too many people visiting the capital travel home immediately after the funeral procession leaves Westminster for Windsor shortly after noon.

The Met Police says from 05:00 BST many roads in central London will be closed.

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Helena Wilkinson
Reporting from Buckingham Palace

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People planning to visit Buckingham Palace today will not be able to access the area in front of the main gate.

The Royal Parks has also tweeted, external that the Green Park tribute garden is expected to be extremely crowded today.

They say people may prefer to visit the floral tribute area in Hyde Park which is likely to be less busy.

Both floral tribute gardens will stay open for visitors in the days after the Queen’s funeral tomorrow.

Rounding off today's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, John Sentamu recalls visiting the Queen when he needed permission to step down as Archbishop of York.

It was in 2018, he says, and he went with a "huge burden of matters that one day may be revealed".

He recalls that he asked the Queen to pray for him. He says he put his hands together and she put hers outside his.

They prayed for three minutes before the monarch said "amen".

"When I got up the burden had lifted," Sentamu says, adding that her life was so rooted in Christ she was "able to transmit that same power".

So come tomorrow's funeral, the archbishop says he will say "thank you for lifting that burden".

"It makes sense" for visiting dignitaries to be taken to the Queen's funeral service on buses, New Zealand's prime minister tells the BBC.

Jacinda Ardern, speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, will be at Monday's service along with 2,000 other guests including foreign leaders and royalty.

She told Laura Kuenssberg it was not unprecedented for such large events to use shared transport.

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Former US Secretary of State John Kerry met the late Queen several times while serving in President Barack Obama’s administration.

He’s currently President Joe Biden’s presidential envoy for climate - an issue we know was close to King Charles’ heart while he was Prince of Wales.

Speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg from the US, Kerry said he "very much" hopes the King will continue to push the arguments for radical action to tackle climate change "within the constitutional process".

"There's no question in my mind, that it is not a standard multilateral issue or bilateral issue, there is a threat to the entire planet, a threat to all of our nations and he understands it as well as anybody on the planet," he said.

"He's been consistently on this issue, beginning in his teenage years and carrying on in many different iterations and he's for real, believe me.

"He knows the issue inside out, backwards and forwards and he's been a leader.”

You can read our news story from Laura Kuenssberg’s interview with John Kerry here.

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Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of New Zealand, tells Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that she has been moved by the response of the British people to the death of Queen Elizabeth.

She says she is not surprised by this, having lived in London, but says it is the most fitting tribute to the Queen that she was there for her people and they are now there for her.

Ardern recalls her first conversation with the Queen - when the prime minister was pregnant - where she asked Her Majesty how she coped with being a leader and a mother - and the monarch's reply was "well you just get on with it".

On the question of whether New Zealand will become a republic at some time in the future - Ardern says her belief is that there will be an evolution in the relationship, and that it won't be quick or soon but within her lifetime.

She says New Zealand has a complex relationship with the Crown and moving to a republic is not a process "I have any intent of instigating".

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The government says a decision will be taken today on when entry to the queue for Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state will close as it reaches final capacity

Queue times are currently at 13-and-a-half hours and may increase.

In a tweet, external the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: "To avoid disappointment please do not set off to join the queue."

The military is woven into the history of the Royal Family and Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin says he and those in the armed forces are aware of this funeral being the last duty for Queen Elizabeth II and the first duty for King Charles III.

"There's always an element of apprehension," he tells Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

"But we have brilliant people that help at every level.

"Some generals that had been planning this for a long time.

There is a wonderful man known as the Garrison Sgt Maj - Mr [Andrew] Vern Stokes - who at the rehearsals on Friday told the chiefs to up their game.

He has asked us to listen to a metronome at 75 beats-per-minute. So you might see people in London so we get the right rhythm for the funeral."

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Adm Sir Tony Radakin has been reflecting on his role in tomorrow's state funeral and the meticulous planning involved.

He's been telling Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg the Armed Forces have come together with emergency services to mark the sombre occasion in history.

"It is enormous," he says. "It involves over 10,000 people including soldiers, sailors and aviators.

"Six-thousand will take part in the procession in London and in Windsor.

"But it is an enormous support effort. The planning has been going on for a long time and now we have to execute them."

You're going to hear a traditional Church of England service and angelic voices of the choir at the state funeral tomorrow in Westminster Abbey, former Archbishop of York John Sentamu tells Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

The Queen did not want long, boring services, he adds, and the congregation and viewers will be "lifted", the archbishop says.

Sentamu shares that he was involved in planning for the funeral service for 20 years - as all previous Archbishops of York and Canterbury have been.

Lauren Moss
Reporting from Southwark Park

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Blue-bibbed volunteers are continuing to hand out multi-coloured wristbands at the start of the queue, cheerfully calling out to the crowd to make sure bands are securely fastened to their wrists, otherwise they won’t be able to get inside Westminster Hall.

All of the wristbands are numbered.

I still have mine that I was given at the back of the queue yesterday morning and, from looking at the number they’re now up to today, very roughly, I am estimating at least 100,000 people have come through this queue in the last 24 hours.

The start point screen at Jamaica Gate in Southwark Park is warning people to once again expect long delays of up to 14 hours as they make the zig-zagging journey across south-east London, along the River Thames, to Westminster Hall.

Rob Corp
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has resurfaced questions about the sovereign’s role as head of state in the UK and the 14 Commonwealth Realms. King Charles III now takes on that role in countries from Australia to Tuvalu - but for how much longer is an open question.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who we’ll hear from on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, has said recently that while she expects the country to become a republic at some point, “I don't see it as a short-term measure or anything that is on the agenda anytime soon”.

It’s a slightly different position in Bangladesh - whose Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is also on the programme - which is a republic within the Commonwealth and so does not have the monarch as its head of state.

We’ll be asking what the future holds for that group of nations which the King now heads after its long association with Queen Elizabeth.

You can watch the programme at 09:00 BST by clicking play on the BBC News Channel stream at the top of this page.

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Late last night US President Joe Biden and his wife First Lady Jill Biden arrived onboard Air Force One at Stansted airport.

The pair were greeted at the airport by officials and left for London.

Biden is among some 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries coming to London for a gathering of world leaders not seen for decades.

A large convoy including the president's armoured car, nicknamed "The Beast", departed Stansted just before midnight.

Biden and other foreign dignitaries are expected to pay their respects to the Queen at Westminster Hall before the lying-in-state ends early tomorrow morning - we'll be keeping an eye on any arrivals there.

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Helena Wilkinson
Reporting from Buckingham Palace

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Early in the day around Buckingham Palace, people are starting to arrive.

Some have been walking past the gates, quietly, in small groups. Others stopping to take photographs of the Palace and the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of it.

Some dedicated royal supporters are already camped out close to the Palace ahead of the Queen’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey tomorrow morning.

For now though it’s quiet here.

The only sounds are from birds chirping and an occasional plane going overhead.

The quiet won’t last for long though, with tens of thousands of people expected here once again later.

Rob Corp
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Good morning - ahead of the Queen’s state funeral tomorrow, our programme this week features two current Commonwealth prime ministers - New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern and Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh.

Both are in London for Monday’s service at Westminster Abbey and will be reflecting on the Queen’s long association and service to the Commonwealth.

Also on the show is John Kerry - US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy - on how the King might bring his keen interest in environmental issues to bear on global effort to tackle carbon emissions.

The military has a key role to play in Monday's funeral - and we’ll hear more from Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin. He’ll also give his analysis of the latest developments in the Ukraine war.

We’ll also be hearing from the former Archbishop of York, the Right Reverend Dr John Sentamu, who is on our panel along with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Victoria Newton, editor of the Sun newspaper.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is on BBC One from 09:00 BST and you can follow updates in this page.

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Today is the fourth and final full day that the Queen's coffin will lie in state in Westminster Hall.

Members of the public are able to walk past the Queen's closed coffin.

At 20:00 BST, a one-minute silence will be held across the UK.

People are being encouraged to mark the silence privately in their own homes, on the street with neighbours, or at community events and vigils.

Before the silence, a prayer service will be held at the Kelpies, 30-metre-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures, near Falkirk.

Ninety-six lanterns - one for each year of the Queen's life - will be floated on the water surrounding the statues.

Heads of state are expected to begin to arrive in London for the Queen's funeral.

King Charles III will hold an audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace. The King and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will also host heads of state and official overseas guests for an "official state event".

During the day, the prime minister will meet with a number of foreign leaders, including Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Polish President Andrzej Duda.

As thousands head to London ahead of the Queen's funeral, what does the weather have in store?

BBC Weather's Ben Rich has the details.

Lauren Moss
Reporting from Southwark Park

Mourners have come dressed for all weathers on the fourth and final day of the lying-in-state.

At the very start of the queue blankets as well as coloured wristbands are being handed out.

As crowds walk determinedly out of Southwark Park some residents in Bermondsey have set up tables with tea and coffee to hydrate them at the start of their journey, which could take more than 12 hours.

Sue and Graham Broad (below) have travelled from Southend-on-Sea in Essex this morning.

They told me they made the decision to come on the final day because of the long queues yesterday and hope today they will be able to make it through to Westminster Hall.

Sue says: “This was our Queen, we want to say our proper goodbyes."

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Once again people have queued through the night along the banks of the River Thames.

For those joining the back of the queue - still at Southwark Park - the government advises that the wait time is at least 12 hours.