Tens of thousands of people have waited in line to see Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state at Westminster Hall since 5pm on Wednesday, when the long line opened for 24 hours a day.

The letter, shared on the Palais Princier de Monaco Instagram, came after the royal had paid tribute to 'inspiring' Queen Elizabeth II following her death on September 8.

This Morning bosses have denied Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield had 'VIP access' and filed 'past the Queen lying in state' as they filmed a segment for the programme.

Emperor Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, have been confirmed to be among the guests flying in to London for Her Majesty's state funeral on Monday.

Veteran and wheelchair user Frank Wells, who was born six days before the Queen in April 1926, travelled from his home in Worthing, West Sussex, to Westminster Hall to pay his respects.

The prerecorded address will be broadcast on the BBC shortly before a one-minute silence in honour of the UK's late queen Elizabeth II at 8pm.

Princes Andrew, Harry and Princess Beatrice could lose their 'stand-in status' if King Charles makes counsellors working members of the Royal family.

Senior palace advisers have asked the Prince and Princess of Wales to consider allowing Prince George to attend the State funeral of the Queen tomorrow because it would send a powerful message.

King Charles will never be short of a place to live, with at least nine prominent palaces to lay his weary head.

Traditionally, a Japanese emperor would not attend the funeral of any person other than their own parents due to a deep-rooted cultural belief in which death is considered impure.

Becky Sheppard, 25, from Bristol, was working in intensive care in her first job when Covid-19 broke out. She was doing Tang Soo Do training to unwind after tough days.

GUY ADAMS: Joseph Kahn (pictured) is executive editor of the New York Times and mustard keen on pouring scorn in the general direction of Britain and its Royal Family.

Anthony Albanese said that a royal visit to Australia is on the cards for William and Kate - and it is hoped that they will bring their children- probably during the school holidays.

Councillors at an inner-city Sydney council meeting have been slammed for being disrespectful' after a public servant removed a portrait of the Queen from the walls to laughter.

Jason Holton, 32, from Camberley, Surrey, has been housebound for seven years and recently came moments from death as he suffered a series of mini strokes and a suspected blood clot.

There is currently just one full-size statue of Her Majesty in the whole of the UK, which was erected at Windsor Great Park in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee.

The new King Charles was given a pen 'just in case' by well-wishers on his walkabout in Cardiff yesterday after his latest ink disasters.

Lorisa Flattery-Pegg, 14, was last seen at her family home in Thurnby Lodge, Leicestershire, on Saturday at 10.30pm. Worried detectives believe Lorisa could still be in Leicestershire.

The late monarch, 96, shared many sweet moments throughout her last few years with her great-grandchildren, especially The Prince and Princess of Wales's children.

RICHARD KAY: The Queen's physical decline had not made her last weeks easy. But the joy of her being at Balmoral more than made up for it.

MPs' staff have 'inundated' Commons authorities with complaints that they do not get priority access to see the Queen lying in state in the Palace of Westminster, unlike those working for Parliament.

In a post this morning, a selection of photographs marking Her Majesty's visits to the nations and meetings with people from across the 56 member states were shared.

There are now concerns that the simultaneous onslaught of flu and Covid could overload the NHS, which is already trying to cope with record backlogs.

The scheme, which some grassroots coaches have called a 'mess', comes as research has linked the repeated heading of a football with neuro-degenerative disease that has killed some ex-pros.

Chris Packham believes his stance on foxhunting caused him to be targeted in a firebombing last autumn. He thinks the arson was a 'hit job' carried out by a highly sophisticated gang.

Two extremely rare megamouth sharks were captured on video off the coast of San Diego. David Stabile was fishing with his friends Val Costescu and Andrew Chang when they saw the sharks.

A report by official statisticians Eurostat showed prices across the 27-nation bloc were 10.1 per cent higher last month than in August 2021.

SAM GREENHILL: Britain and the Royal Family are gearing up for perhaps the most spellbinding spectacle in this island's history. All eyes will be on London on Monday as the Queen's funeral unfolds.

Palace officials yesterday extended the route of the Queen's final journey - to enable more people to bid her farewell by using A-roads instead of motorways, writes SAM GREENHILL.

Dressed in a suit and cap, David Beckham, 47, joined mourners in the 'Elizabeth line' at 2am, going unnoticed by the masses for hours as he shuffled his way from Southwark Park to Westminster Hall.

SUE REID: Late last month, with electioneering under way, there was a shootout by masked youths at a children's playground in Eskilstuna, a pretty manufacturing town.

Lord Carnarvon last saw his godmother the Queen at Chelsea Flower Show in May. By then experiencing mobility problems, she was chauffeured around the gardens in a Royal Household buggy.

Kanye, 45, sat down with Alo's CEO Danny Harris, during which he compared reading to eating 'Brussels sprouts' and said he thinks humans should communicate without speaking - like Jedi.

Biden urged his Russian counterpart to avoid using the nuclear and chemical weapons or face consequences while the Kremlin's forces suffer defeat after defeat in the Ukraine.

Bosses of Transport of London (TfL)'s worst-case scenario plan involves a warning that crowds could get so large that people may get injured in a crush.

The legend of Colditz has stood unchanged and unchallenged for more than 70 years - heroic British officers in a Gothic castle on a German hilltop, tunnelling through the walls to escape.

The national insurance hike could be reversed as soon as November, putting more money in people's pay packets, the Chancellor will announce next week.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Sister Clare Champion, 59, was joined by three other nuns from her Brigidine convent as they met Edward and Sophie.

Mathias Pogba has been taken to court in relation to the alleged extortion attempt made against his brother, former Manchester United player Paul Pogba, according to a report from France. 

Mourners who attended the Queen's lying-in-state have been selling their used wristbands (pictured) for as much as £350, even though they will not help buyers jump the queue to Westminster Hall.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Having held the title for longer than anyone in its 855-year history, the monarch formerly known as the Prince of Wales came to Cymru yesterday to hang up his feathers.

ANDREW NEIL: Contrary to the miserabilist musings of much of the establishment commentariat, the condition of the country is actually rather good.

According to the prosecutor's statement, Diallo has been charged with a 'planned and premeditated attack' on her former Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kheira Hamraoui.

One of the world's extensive collections of Dinky Toys model cars (pictured) is set to go under the hammer and expected to sell for over a quarter of a million pounds next week.

The man, who was on roller blades had to be tackled by police as the royal cavalcade entered Parliament Square at approximately 7.40pm yesterday.

AHEAD OF THE GAME: Sky Sports' production staff have been instructed to turn down sound levels or even switch off individual microphones during their live coverage of Celtic's trip to St Mirren.

SIR IAIN DUNCAN SMITH: What a colossal mistake it was to invite China's Communist leaders to the Queen's State Funeral in Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles warned unborn babies were particularly at risk because their organs were still developing, leaving them more at risk of damage.

Joey Lykins, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, believes he inhaled the 0.6-inch nose ring during his sleep. He said one vanished during his sleep five years ago, but he assumed it had been lost.

Republican Arkansas gubernatorial hopeful Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that she had surgery for thyroid cancer - but planned to continue on in her race for governor.

Buying a Pembroke Welsh corgi puppy will now set you back up to £2,500, with average prices reaching a record high.

Edel Guzmán, who was nicknamed 'The Brother-in-Law' by his uncle Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, was shot dead in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Thursday.

In the latest huge tribute to one of the most popular late monarchs in the world, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (Le Touquet-Paris-Beach) will become a permanent tribute to Her Majesty. Pictured: The airport.

SELINA SCOTT: Recently, just before the Queen died, I made a nostalgic journey to the magical Outer Hebridean island of Berneray where just over 30 years ago I spent a week with King Charles.

The Premier League has come together to pay tribute to Her Majesty, The Queen, in the first top-flight English football matches after her death last Thursday.

Royal family fanatics brought the late Queen's beloved pancake recipe to the top of foodies lists when they posted the monarch's favorite recipe on Reddit.

The flick, which stars Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, and Caspar Phillipson, has a horrifying scene in which JFK forces the actress to perform oral sex on him before pinning her down and raping her.

Scotland Yard said yesterday there had already been 34 arrests as the force, swelled with reinforcements from around the country, braces for an operation that will dwarf the 2012 Olympics.

Prince Andrew wore his military uniform as he joined his siblings to stand guard over his mother's coffin in Westminster Hall this evening, after King Charles permitted him to do so.

It hit $1.1351, a level not seen since 1985, as figures from the Office for National Statistics showed retail sales fell 1.6 per cent in August.

The Monarch, who as King is now the head of the Church of England, also said it was his 'duty to protect the diversity of our country', during a reception at Buckingham Palace.

The mother-of-two, known as Fergie, missed out on the Balmoral walkabout with her daughters earlier this week and also didn't attend the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.

Military heroes awarded the Commonwealth's highest accolade for bravery to join celebrities, world leaders and Britain's unsung heroes at Queen's funeral in Westminster Abbey on Monday

People who regularly vape may be at risk of developing obstructions to their lungs' airways and asthma like symptoms, a study of four frequent users of the devices found.

It comes after the couple yesterday chatted with crowds at the late monarch's Sandringham residence in Norfolk and looked over the sea of tributes left in her memory.

A solar 'destruction event' earlier this year destroyed nearly 40 of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites - costing his company tens of millions of dollars in losses.

A woman and her 10-year-old son were last night found dead by police at their home (pictured) in Leeds. Police officers were called to a house in Holbeck, West Yorkshire at 9pm yesterday.

Around 100 Chelsea Pensioners were seen lining up to bid their final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II at her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall on Friday afternoon

Argentina Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sad she's thankful to be alive after a Brazilian man's gun got jammed after pulling the trigger in front of her face near her home September 1.

The funeral will be broadcast at parks, squares and cinemas throughout the UK., including Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.

Prince Edward, the Queen's youngest son, and his wife Countess Sophie published a statement thanking Queen Elizabeth II for her years of service.

Emma Cooper, 31, Jamie Russell, 48, and Luke Mallett, 25, were part of a Extinction Rebellion march (file photo) that blocked Vauxhall Bridge on April 10 this year, Westminster Magistrates heard today.

The BBC has apologised for commentators laughing about Catholics being 'cleared out of Scotland' during coverage of the Queen's coffin traveling from Balmoral to Edinburgh on Sunday.

The Winchcombe meteorite, which crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town last year, is also thought to hold clues about where the water in the Earth's vast oceans came from.

Russia said private satellites being used by the U.S. and its allies could become legitimate military targets amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Mohsen Saadi, 57, stabbed 42-year-old care worker Peninah Kabeba, known as Penny, 12 times at her home in Sutton, south London, on May 27, last year.

Tyson Fury and his wife Paris were spotted leaving flowers and a heartfelt message at the gates of Buckingham Palace, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week.

Camilla was accompanying King Charles III for a service of prayer at Llandaff Cathedral when she looks to get her heel stuck and slip whilst walking.

The site in Cambridgeshire produces 45,000 bottles of wine every year and is one of Britain's oldest vineyards, established by the former owner of the Little Chef restaurant chain, Sam Alper, in 1972.

The striker, 34, was due to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court, just outside Glasgow, today after he admitted stalking his ex-girlfriend Eilidh Scott.

Russian-born Anna Delvey- real name Sorokin - writes to DailyMail.com and says that the US immigration system is broken.

Founded by Christy Kinahan Sr in Dublin in the 1990s, the gang is now one of the world's most-powerful - allegedly involved in drug smuggling, gun-running and money laundering.

The television reporter only wanted a few words from a random 'Joe Public' in the queue to view the Queen's coffin. He turned out to be Lieutenant-General David Leakey, 70, who used to be Black Rod.

Footage shows students running off a school bus in Dorchester and running to safety in case the vehicle exploded. Emergency services rushed to the scene to put out the fire.

A fire engulfed a skyscraper Friday in the central Chinese city of Changsha, with authorities saying that no casualties had yet been found.

Greater Manchester PCs Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, were shot dead by Dale Cregan while responding to reports of a burglary on 18 September 2012.

Scientists at Emory University have found that dogs visually perceive the world differently to humans, as their brains are more attuned to actions rather than the objects performing them.

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby cut sombre figures on Friday as they filmed a segment for Tuesday's episode of This Morning at London's Westminster Hall.

Mourners determined to pay their respects to Her Majesty have brought their dogs and loved ones' ashes to the Queen's lying-in-state, while veterans make one final salute to the late monarch

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The Queen's coffin will be retrieved after it is lowered into St George's Chapel's Royal Vault so that it can be reburied later with Prince Philip and her parents in King George VI Memorial Chapel.

The appeal follows the discovery of around 450 graves outside the recently liberated city of Izyum in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, where some of the exhumed bodies showed signs of torture

The new king and his wife Camilla, now Queen Consort, will host the reception at Buckingham Palace this evening. Today is the last chance mourners will have to bid a final farewell to the Queen.

The Duke of Sussex is understood to have been devastated to find his grandmother's initials had been stripped from the shoulder of his uniform as he held vigil with her grandchildren last night.

Whitehall sources said that Kwasi Kwarteng is drawing up a 'really punchy' £30 billion package which will reflect Prime Minister Liz Truss's desire to make a 'dash for growth' in time for the next election

The Roebuck Bay Hotel in Broome, Western Australia, regularly holds Wednesday night wet t-shirt contests but this week's has been rebranded in honour of the beloved monarch.

Kyle Martin, 24, was arrested with his 24-year-old girlfriend after police surrounded a property on Albion Street at 9:45pm on Saturday. Police had followed his partner when she went to get takeaway.

During a campaign stop in New York City on Friday, the Republican nominee for governor in the Empire State Lee Zeldin called for a probe into sitting Gov. Kathy Hochul's apparent dodgy dealings.

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns intended to highlight the rising rate of violence against women, but prompted backlash for his poor phrasing.

A budding romance between strangers Jack (left) and Zoe (right) who met queueing to pay respects to the Queen may have begun in a moment which has been compared to Love Actually.

Milk is the latest grocery staple likely to rise sharply, with some experts suggesting the price will go up as much as 30c a litre due to a milk shortfall caused by a combination of factors.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Sunday the money would be spent on improving the Maroondah Hospital, in Melbourne's east, if Labor wins the next election.

Photos exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com show the eerie Donda campus deserted in the middle of the school week. There were no cars in the parking lot and no signs of life.

Joe Biden is among a stream of world leaders to have arrived in the UK this weekend for the Queen's funeral on Monday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there had been 'preliminary discussions' with Kensington Palace about a possible visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Prime Minister Anthony has met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London but has not changed his mind on Australia becoming a republic.

Allison Rice, 21, of Geismar, was found dead inside her car around 2.30am on Friday on Government Street near railroad tracks.

Simeon Boikov, who calls himself the Aussie Cossack, has used an anti-vaccination rally to roar his support for Vladimir Putin just one day after he was released from jail.

Critics of China's poor human rights record claimed that fearful Foreign Office officials had 'leaned' on parliamentary authorities to allow Beijing's delegation in to avoid a diplomatic row.

Mask wearing among Coalition MPs peaked at seven in the first week back after the election, but by September, Michael McCormack and Nationals colleague Andrew Gee were the only ones left.

The Victorian Government has proposed sweeping changes to Victorian parks include fine for walking off trails, swimming in waterways and conducting research.

The new Monarch and his son stopped to greet the bear during an impromptu walkabout among those who had been queuing overnight to see the Queen lying-in-state.

The couple boarded the Air Force One from Washington on Saturday afternoon, just hours after Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako were also seen taking a flight into London.

US President Joe Biden, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's prime minister and the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau are among the heads of states in London to attend Queen's funeral.

When members of the Royal Family gathered at Westminster Hall on Wednesday to see the Queen's coffin arrive for the lying-in-state service, it was a solemn yet intimate affair.

Member of Sydney's Alameddine crime network Murat Galasi, 33, died of heart attack while working out in Istanbul on the weekend. His rapper friend Ay Huncho posted a tribute on Saturday.

The presenters of ITV daytime show This Morning were seen on the camera feed on Friday morning after using press accreditation to skip the hours-long queue to enter Westminster Hall.

Residents of Western Australia shared the text online to warn each other of the scam pretending to be electricity supplier Western Power, because of details they thought were dead giveaways.

An estimated million people will line the streets of London to witness scenes of breathtaking pomp and splendour, punctuated by historic moments of sorrow and solemnity.

Border-breacher Hayden Burbank, 50, is the nephew of Sinclair Hill, considered one of Australia's best ever polo players, inducted into the Australian Polo Hall of Fame in 2013.

An 18-year-old boy has died after his car wrapped around a tree in Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast - with one witness describing the horrific scene.

Stan Grant said his Aboriginal mother grew up poor and almost missed out on a school trip to Dubbo to see the Queen because of a strict dress code enforced by her school.

The total program, which will cost around $9million, is seeking to help around 820 people, but the $2million provided by the city will fund around 140 people.

One day, perhaps soon, friends and family will be gathered to farewell a brilliant businessman but a stranger will abruptly interrupt them to reveal a shocking secret.

Gavin Newsom has slammed the move as playing with people's lives, with the California governor challenging Ron DeSantis to a debate ahead of the midterm elections.

The NWS said Saturday that the typhoon has continued to 'produce a potentially historic and long-duration storm surge, and damaging high winds across southwestern and western Alaska.'

Australia's acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has quickly rejected a call to ban Russian tourists due to the invasion of Ukraine and to put pressure on Vladimir Putin.

'Law enforcement's theory...they had decided that Kaitlin Armstrong was a crazy jealous person that within a fit of rage murdered Ms. Wilson,' Attorney Rick Cofer said.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex found out they were 'uninvited' to a state reception for world leaders and foreign royals by reading press reports, according to royal sources.

Australians are dying in abnormally high numbers, which is creating a boom for undertakers but leaving doctors puzzled as to what is behind the 'worrying' trend, which mirrors what is happening overseas.

A newborn baby that died in jail less than two weeks after being born to her drug addicted mother never stood a chance. 

California mother Sherri Papini, who mimicked the plot of Gone Girl, had a Bible verse about kidnapping branded on her shoulder after returning from her own self-abduction in 2016.

The New York City Department of Education has axed 850 teachers and classroom aides after they refused to show proof of getting the COVID vaccine.

A long-haul flight by Air New Zealand will take passengers from Auckland to New York City - and the Kiwi airline has made sure their Australian rival, Qantas, know they've been beat.

Luxury Sydney real estate agent Evan James Williams, who was accused of assaulting his estranged wife Kashaya Williams in 2019, has been hit with additional charges.

A judge in Missouri is allowing a settlement involving several unhappy 'Rita' drinkers to go forward and Anheuser-Busch, the company behind Budweiser.

James Norman, 43, has been convicted of arranging the shooting of his nephew Andre Montgomery, 21, in March 2016. He appeared on Welcome to Sweetie Pie's which was aired on OWN.

A resident of the building said the man was mad when he was asked to move his car and left the Gateway apartment building in a white BMW.

The veteran journalist, who is of Aboriginal heritage, said he felt 'asphyxiating anger' he has been forced to remain silent out of respect for the late monarch.

The ex-president also riled up the crowd with yet another hint that he's looking to run for the White House again in 2024, telling supporters to 'stay tuned' during his rally in Youngstown, Ohio.

Trump has played a heavy hand in Ohio's midterm races, endorsing 14 candidates for Congress or the governorship - more that he has in any other state save for Texas.

Australian academic launch new health app, the Healthy Day App, to guide parents on getting the right balance of activities for their children.

Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of the Bridgewater Associates investment company, warned that the predicted federal interest rate hikes would send stocks falling by 20 percent.

Ivanka, 40, appeared to be deep in conversation with someone on the phone, as she tied up her blonde tresses in a loose plait and paired the outfit with a brown shoulder bag and white trainers in Miami.

IAN BIRRELL: Putin faces humiliation following his bungled invasion of Ukraine. First, his plan to take Kyiv in a few days was defeated. Now his cherished military has collapsed in Kharkiv.

Liz Truss starts most days with early-morning runs around the Archbishop of Canterbury's 12th Century Thameside garden at Lambeth Palace in the company of hand-picked advisers

Liz Truss will announce her debut on the world stage this week by urging US President Joe Biden to stand firm with her against China's threat to 'freedom and democracy around the world'.

The now-historic documents were written in the 1930s to the only friend the future Monarch ever chose for herself as a child, Sonia Graham-Hodgson.

Known in Palace corridors as a 'hatchet man' for his ability to deliver bad news, particularly relating to job cuts, it is thought that Sir Edward Young's skills will come in handy.

One of the four horses of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leading the funeral from Westminster Abbey to Hyde Park Corner is named Elizabeth after the Queen Mother,.