Queen Elizabeth II's funeral to be held tonight

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will begin tonight at 8pm AEST. The Queen is lying in state at Westminster Hall, where thousands of people have queued for hours to pay their respects to the late monarch. At 3:30pm AEST the lying in state period will end, and hours later, the Queen's coffin will be loaded onto a gun carriage and taken to Westminster Abbey – followed by the King and other Royal Family members.