THE Queen’s funeral is taking place today and will see members of the Royal Family paying their respects to the late Monarch.
It has been confirmed that Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, will be in attendance, their chance to say goodbye to the woman they called “Gan-Gan”.
However, their younger brother Prince Louis, four, who delighted the nation during the Jubilee celebrations, will remain at home, given his young age.
The decision is believed to be the idea of parents William and Kate who thought it important George and Charlotte attend the historic occasion.
The royal children will be the youngest mourners at their great-grandmother’s state funeral in Westminster Abbey.
They will walk behind their parents — and in front of Harry and Meghan — as they follow the Queen’s coffin inside.
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The funeral, which will begin at 11am, comes after millions of mourners paid their respects to her in the last seven days.
Around 2,000 guests will attend the hour-long televised service, including Prime Minister Liz Truss and US President Joe Biden.
The King will once again lead his family in marching behind the Queen's coffin when it is moved, at 10.44am on Monday, from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey for the Queen's funeral service.
He will walk with his sister Princess Anne, Duke of York and Earl of Wessex and behind the quartet will be the Queen's grandsons Peter Phillips, Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales.
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They will be followed by the late monarch's son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen's cousin, and her nephew the Earl of Snowdon.
The Queen's coffin will be carried during the procession on a 123-year-old gun carriage towed by 98 Royal Navy sailors in a tradition dating back to the funeral of Queen Victoria.
The Procession will be led by a massed Pipes & Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Royal Air Force – numbering 200 musicians.
On the way to Westminster Abbey, the procession will go through Parliament Square, Broad Sanctuary and the Sanctuary.
The procession will arrive at the west gate of Westminster Abbey at 10.52am when the bearer party will lift the coffin from the gun carriage and carry it into the Abbey for the state funeral service.
The service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster.
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