Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren guard her coffin before the state funeral

The grandchildren of the late Queen Elizabeth II will stand guard around her coffin in London on Saturday, hours after their parents held a nightly prayer at the Palace of Westminster.

Princes William and Harry will join their six cousins ​​for a 15-minute silence in Westminster Hall in central London, a night after their father, King Charles, joined his three siblings in a similar tribute to the Queen.

Tens of thousands of people passed by the casket in a steady stream, queuing for several hours, some into the night, to pay their respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch.

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