THOUSANDS more Brits are set to see the Queen's coffin in its final journey after plans to the route were changed, it has been reported.
The hearse carrying Her Majesty from Westminster to Windsor after her funeral on Monday is expected to take the long way around to allow more mourners to pay their respects.
It will reportedly avoid the M4 – the quickest route – and instead stick to A-roads, including the A30 and A4, the Daily Mail reports.
The longer drive will give thousands more Brits the chance to see the late monarch's coffin as it passes.
And one insider told the Mail: "All the other royals will be going on the M4."
The Queen's funeral, conducted by the Dean of Westminster, will begin at 11am on Monday.
At 12.15pm Her Majesty's children and other members of the Royal Family will walk behind her coffin to Wellington Arch.
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The coffin will then be lifted into the state hearse, which will begin its journey to Windsor.
It's understood that after the hearse sets off it will travel along roads to Hyde Park to give mourners a chance to pay their respects.
The car is due to arrive at the Long Walk in Windsor at 3.15pm, where the public will get another chance to say their final farewells before Her Majesty is laid to rest next to her beloved husband Prince Philip in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The public offering echoes that taken for Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, when the route for her coffin from London to Northamptonshire was changed the night before.
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An extra mile was added to the journey last minute following the huge outpouring of grief for her death.
Around 400,000 mourners are expected to file past the Queen's coffin as it lies in state until Monday morning.
Thousands, however, could miss out if there is not enough time to get everyone in.
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A private burial service, attended by the King and members of the Royal Family, will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor on Monday evening.
Her Majesty will be buried alongside her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
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