Prince George and Princess Charlotte WILL attend the Queen's funeral and walk into Westminster Abbey with their parents behind Her Majesty's coffin - as King Charles thanks well-wishers and a new portrait of late monarch is released
Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, will both take part in the Queen's funeral on Monday
King Charles III has thanked 'all those countless people' who've offered support following the Queen's death
On the eve of her funeral he said he and the Queen Consort are 'deeply touched' by the nation's well-wishes
Tomorrow around 2,000 world leaders, heads of state and dignitaries are expected to arrive for the service
The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverage
By Matthew Lodge For Mailonline and Rebecca English Royal Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 17:02 EDT, 18 September 2022 | Updated: 18:48 EDT, 18 September 2022
Prince George and Princess Charlotte will attend the Queen's funeral tomorrow and are set to walk into Westminster Abbey with their parents.
The two young siblings, who are second and third in line to the throne, will enter the church behind Her Majesty's coffin as the funeral procession enters Westminster Abbey on Monday morning.
The nine and seven year old will travel to the church with their mother Kate, the Princess of Wales, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, by car.
They will then join their parents as they head into the church for the hour-long service in memory of their great-grandmother.
The details were revealed on the eve of Her Majesty's funeral tomorrow, which millions of people across the country and billions around the world are expected to watch.
It comes on the same evening that King Charles thanked the public for their support following his mother's death, while Buckingham Palace released a new portrait showing Her Majesty.
The new monarch said he and the Queen Consort have been 'deeply touched' as he prepares the country for a 'last farewell' to his mother on the eve of her funeral.
Charles will lead the nation in mourning for its longest reigning monarch, while two thousand world leaders, royals and foreign dignitaries crowd into the gothic church in the centre of London.
In a heartfelt message put out by Buckingham Palace tonight, the King said he was moved by the response of the public and the support they had given him since his mother's death on Thursday, September 8.
Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the eve of her funeral at Westminster Abbey The Daily Mail understands that William and Kate thought 'long and hard' about whether their two eldest children should join them.
But after George and Charlotte attended their great-grandfather’s memorial in March, William and Kate decided they could cope with the solemnity of the occasion. Louis, the couple’s youngest, is just four and will not be joining.
‘As parents they have, of course, thought long and hard about whether their children should accompany them,’ a source said. ‘Of course little Louis is too young, but they think George and Charlotte are up to it.’
It is understood the children will also be in the congregation for the committal service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor this afternoon. A decision is to be taken about whether they feel up to taking part in the procession there, too.
The procession is set to see King Charles and his wife Camilla lead the most senior members of the Royal Family.
They will be followed by Princess Anne, the Queen's second eldest child, and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
Behind them will be Prince Andrew, the Queen's third child, and following him will be Prince Edward, the youngest of the siblings, and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, along with their two eldest children, will come behind, and they will be followed by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
After this will come the Earl of Snowden, son of the Queen's late sister, Prince Margaret, and Peter Phillips - the son of Princess Anne.
Behind them will be Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, as well as Prince Michael of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Tomorrow morning the King's Guard will begin their final vigil over the Queen's coffin at 6am, with Westminster Hall set to close at 8.30am. The doors of Westminster Abbey, just over the road, will open at 8am.
At 9am Big Ben will strike clearly before the bell's hammer is covered with a thick leather pad to muffle it's strikes for the rest of the day.
At 10.35am the coffin will be moved onto a state carriage and taken to Westminster Abbey, arriving at 10.52am.
Before the service, a bell will toll 96 times, reflecting the years of Queen Elizabeth’s life. The service will, Buckingham Palace says, pay tribute to the Queen’s remarkable reign and lifetime of service as head of state, nation and Commonwealth.
The televised funeral service will begin at 11am, led by the Dean of Westminster and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Hymns including The Lord’s My Shepherd and Love Divine will be sung. Lessons feature 1 Corinthians 15 20-26, 53-end and John 14 1-9a, with all aspects personally chosen by the Queen.
A specially commissioned choral piece, Like As The Hart, composed by the Master of The King’s Music, Judith Weir, will be sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey. The choir will also sing a short anthem, O Taste And See, which was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Queen’s coronation in 1953.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will give a reading, while Prime Minister Liz Truss will read the second lesson, with prayers from leading clerics including the Bishop of London and Archbishop of York.
Tears are sure to flow at The Last Post and Reveille, as well as the first major public rendition of the National Anthem.
A rendition of Sleep, Dearie, Sleep played by the Queen’s piper will have huge significance to her family.
The service, which will be shown live on the BBC and ITV, as well as 150 cinemas in the UK, is expected to be seen by as many as 4.1billion people worldwide.
At 11.55am the nation will observe a two minute silence followed by a rendition of the Last Post. The funeral will officially end at midday.
Following the service, the Queen's coffin will be placed on the back of the state gun carriage at 12.15pm. A funeral procession will then move through Parliament Square, Whitehall, Constitution Hill and the Mall to arrive at Wellington Arch at 1pm.
The coffin will then travel to St George's Chapel in Windsor, arriving at 3.15pm to allow the public to pay their respects.
At 4pm there will be a televised committal service conducted by the Dean of Windsor, during which the Imperial State Crown, sceptre and orb will be removed from the coffin by the crown jeweller.
A lone piper will then play a lament as Her Majesty is lowered into the Royal Vault.
At 7.30pm King Charles and the Queen's relatives will return to St George's Chapel for a private family burial service, where the new monarch will scatter earth on her coffin.
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