How Far Is It From Westminster To Windsor Castle

HUNDREDS of thousands of the Queen's loyal subjects are expected to line the roads equally she makes her last journey from London to Windsor Castle on Monday.

The final details of the road were revealed yesterday — chosen to maximise the run a risk for well-wishers to bid Her Majesty farewell.

After the state funeral the Queen's coffin will be drawn by Navy sailors on a gun carriage — Subsequently the land funeral the Queen's coffin volition be drawn by Navy sailors on a gun carriage Credit: Getty

The carriage will travel from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, on Hyde Park Corner — The carriage will travel from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Curvation, on Hyde Park Corner Credit: Getty

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the roads as the Queen makes her last journey from London to Windsor Castle on Monday — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the roads every bit the Queen makes her concluding journeying from London to Windsor Castle on Mon Credit: Alamy

Her Majesty will be laid to rest next to Prince Philip at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Credit: Alamy

Well-nigh fifteen,000 cops will be taking function in the funeral — in what has been called United kingdom's biggest ever security performance.

After the country funeral, the Queen'southward coffin will exist drawn by Navy sailors on a gun carriage from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, on Hyde Park Corner.

At that place, it volition be lifted into the royal hearse to journey to Windsor Castle.

A Buckingham Palace source yesterday told The Sun: "The route was planned with the public in listen."

Instead of taking the M4, which would have been the speediest route, the bury will travel at 12mph along A-roads west from London to Berkshire.

Teams of cleaners have worked through the dark and over the past 36 hours to gear up the route past litter picking, cutting verges and jet washing the roads.

The hearse will first travel through Knightsbridge on the Cromwell Road — by Harrods, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum.

It will then keep on the A4 past Earl's Court and the Famous Three Kings pub before making its style to the Chiswick roundabout beside the landmark Fuller's Brewery.

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Continuing on the Bang-up West Route, it will then plough onto the A30 at Hounslow to exit fundamental London towards Heathrow Airport.

Information technology volition then travel along the A30 towards Staines, Surrey, where it will join the A308 towards Erstwhile Windsor.

The hearse will and so laissez passer the site where the Magna Carta was signed past King John in 1215.

The famous Runnymede field is a perfect spot for mourners, and many thousands are expected to be there.

While at Runnymede, Her Majesty will pass the JFK memorial and the Air Force Memorial which honours World War Two airmen.

The hearse will and then travel though the village of Old Windsor, passing the Bells of Ouzeley Harvester pub and the Toby Carvery earlier reaching Albert Road, which leads to Windsor and flanks the Royal Estate.

At Shaw Farm Gate, on Albert Road, the hearse will pause to be joined past King Charles 3 and other royals before making the journey to The Long Walk, where tens of thousands of mourners will watch it enter Windsor Castle.

Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson were seen there yesterday, looking at floral tributes.

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The Duke of York, 62, looked deep in idea equally he walked through the grounds to view the body of water of flowers.

And in her first appearance since the Queen'southward death, Sarah, 62, could be seen bending down to read the messages left past well-wishers.

It is thought the Duchess of York will nourish the Queen's funeral on Monday with her daughters Princesses Beatrice, 34, and Eugenie, 32.

Around 10,500 Met Police officers volition be on duty in London, supported by ii,000 colleagues from almost every other force.

More than than ii,000 Thames Valley cops volition likewise be present at Windsor.

Details about the huge scale of the performance emerged yesterday as law geared up to the task of protecting world leaders, hundreds of VIPs and millions of mourners.

Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said: "As a single event, this is larger than the 2012 Olympics, it is larger than the Platinum Jubilee.

"The range of officers, police force staff and all those supporting the operation is truly immense."

Mr Cundy said the funeral would be the Met's biggest ever global security operation — with US President Joe Biden among world leaders visiting.

Mr Biden is expected to fly into the Britain today.

Tomorrow, he volition see Liz Truss for their start face-to-face chat since she became PM.

The Met has drawn upwardly contingency plans to deal with threats including terror attacks, crowd burdensome and criminals looking to exploit mourners.

It comes subsequently two women were allegedly sexually assaulted in the queue to attend the Queen's lying in state.

A human was remanded in custody.

A total of 34 people have been arrested in London in incidents connected with the period of mourning, several of them for protesting.

Police said that number was low.

Additional reporting: Natasha Clark and Julia Atherley

Bishops: Help all to grieve together

THE Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written an open letter urging people up and downwards the country to ensure no one is left to grieve alone during the Queen'southward funeral.

Campaign group the Together Coalition, backed by community organisations and charities, is urging groups and individuals to reach out to those who might exist lonely.

The Queen with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury Credit: PA

Writing in The Sun, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, urges Britons to come together on Monday.

THE funeral of Her Majesty The Queen on Monday will be an enormous moment for this land.

It will be a great privilege to be involved merely this event is not just for the people who will be in Westminster Abbey — it'due south for us all.

This is a time for the nation to come up together, to remember and give thanks for the life of Her Majesty.

Grief is a normal response to loss and the funeral will be an opportunity for usa to face it together.

It will exist a Christian service only I believe there will be something in it — perhaps a song, a prayer, or a line from the Bible — that people of any faith or no faith might find comforting.

The important affair is that we come up together, because in each other we find back up, comfort and care.

Jesus asks u.s. to dear our neighbour.

On Monday, that means looking out for each other, peculiarly those who might discover the day particularly hard because they are lonely, or remembering loved ones they accept lost.

If each of us commit to calling someone who might capeesh it, or inviting someone to sentry the funeral with the states, or meeting friends or family, we tin make sure no 1 feels alone and isolated on Monday.

I believe God is close to those who suffer.

But He also reminds us to evidence that same love to other people and be part of a customs that cares for each other.