The cortege is going towards St Nicholas Church - the oldest left in Leicester.

Here the coffin will be taken off the hearse for a short service and then transferred to a horse drawn carriage.

BBC Leicester tweets, external: The mayor, lord mayor and guild of freemen are welcoming the remains at the medieval city boundary.

The BBC's Namrata Varia snapped this pic of the king's hearse on Bow Bridge.

Tom Brown tweets, external: He's here! #RichardReburied

The cortege carrying the coffin of Richard III is moments away from Bow Bridge.

It plays a large part in the story of his death as Richard marched out to battle across it but was carried back as a corpse the same way.

The original bridge was removed in 1861 but the Victorian replacement is decorated with Yorkist white roses.

Large crowds at Desford, which is only 10 minutes from Bow Bridge, the traditional edge of Leicester.

BBC Leicester tweets, external: Families waiting in #Desford for the former King to arrive. White roses line the route. #RichardReburied

The cortege has passed through the village of Newbold Verdon, with residents turning out in force.

While there are no recorded links with Richard III, it is likely one or more of the armies from Bosworth passed through this area

Many people have travelled to Leicester for the occasion - from places like Germany, Australia and America.

Catherine Ollerhead-De-Santis, who is vice-chairman of the Richard the Third Society of Canada said: "It's not so much the man - it's that period in history when everything starts to shift and change and it is like balancing on the head of a pin.

"After 1485 things start to shift quite rapidly and you almost get a genesis of the modern period."

Bosworth Battlefield tweets, external: The procession has started in Market Bosworth

Image source, Bosworth Battlefield

BBC East Midlands Today reporter Tom Brown has posted this Vine, external of school children arriving with their banners, ready to accompany the cortege.

Using the remains of the king found in a Leicester car park, experts reconstructed what Richard III's face might have looked like, external.

Image source, Other

A portrait in the Society of Antiquaries in London is one of the earliest and believed to be the best likeness but fresh investigations of his DNA revealed he may have been blond and blue eyed.

The Hinckley Times tweets, external: Richard III procession is heading towards Market Bosworth

For anyone wanting to enjoy the spectacle of Richard III's cortege when it arrives in Leicester, the best vantage points are said to be on the High Street, Gallowtree Gate or outside the Curve Theatre.

Leicester City Council has also erected big screens by the Clock Tower and Jubilee Square.

BBC Leicester's Jim Davis tweets, external: The Battlefield Flame is lit #richardreburied @BBCLeicester #BosworthBattlefield

Following a minute's silence, re-enactors gave a 21-gun salute with replica cannon.

This helicopter shot shows the crowds at Bosworth shortly before the arrival of the king's coffin.

Re-enactors with flaming torches and standards earlier formed an honour guard at Bosworth as the cortege arrived

The Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, is leading a service at Bosworth battlefield.

He said: "Richard was carried from this field to Leicester as a defeated man.

"Today 530 years later we have an opportunity to allow Richard to take that journey again but this time with the dignity which befits a king."

Army cadets are pulling Richard's coffin on a small carriage towards Ambion Hill where the Bosworth visitor centre is sited.