'One of the most momentous occasions' 🔎 Inside the 3am rehearsals for the Queen’s funeral
Windsor, where the Queen spent much of her final years, is to be the monarch’s resting place: a committal service will be held for the Queen in St George’s Chapel, before her private burial service in the evening, limited to members of the Royal Family.
State occasions are often rehearsed overnight but they do present some challenges, Mr Wells said, the band had to stop playing at one point because they couldn’t see their music, but as the sun rose, movements came back into focus. Guardsman Maximus Boughtflower, 21, was among the Coldstream Guards, who provided the guard of honour as the Queen’s coffin made its way to Buckingham Palace this week, and as it travelled to St Paul’s Cathedral too.
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