Meghan Markle and Prince Harry hold hands as they follow William and Kate out of cathedral after Westminster service
MEGHAN and Harry held hands as they followed William and Kate out of Westminster Hall following a service for The Queen as she begins a period of lying in state.
Heads bowed, The Sussexes appeared grief stricken as the emotional procession drew to a close.
Prince William and wife Kate were not seen to be holding hands.
But William offered a supportive touch to the Princess of Wales as they left the service.
It comes as…
- King Charles led the royals in a sombre procession behind the Queen’s coffin to Westminster
- Princes William and Harry stood shoulder to shoulder in the emotional walk from Buckingham Palace
- Meghan Markle followed the procession in a car with Sophie while Princess Kate and Camilla were driven to Westminster Hall
- Harry and Andrew wore suits after being banned from wearing military uniforms
- No 10 revealed an update on calls for an annual bank holiday after a petition gathered thousands of signatures
It came as Her Majesty’s coffin travelled by gun carriage, towed by The King’s Guard, in a tear-jerking procession from Buckingham Palace 2pm.
The cortege travelled up The Mall, before moving down Horse Guards Road and past Horse Guards Parade.
It then weaved its way down Whitehall, onto Parliament Square and ended at the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Hall at around 3pm.
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Scores of soldiers escorted the coffin as it slowly made its way to Westminster.
And The Imperial State Crown glistened on a cushion atop the Royal Standard which draped over Her Majesty’s coffin.
Once The Queen’s coffin arrived, the Pall Bearers then carried her into Westminster Hall.
They were 10 former and serving armed forces equerries to Elizabeth II, who were at her side in uniform throughout her reign, supporting her at engagements and organising her public diary.
A short service was then led by the Archbishop of Canterbury after the coffin’s arrival in Westminster Hall.
Here, The Queen will lie in state from 5pm until her state funeral on Monday.
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William and Harry marched in the second of three rows in the ten-strong procession which left Buckingham Palace at 2.22pm.
King Charles led the Royals – flanked to the left by Princess Anne, the Prince Andrew and then Prince Edward.
At the back was the Princess Royal’s husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Lawrence, to his right was Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the grandson of George V.
And the Earl of Snowdon – son of Princess Margaret, The Queen’s sister – to The Duke’s right.
Members of the public have been queuing up to pay their respects to The Queen – with queues already stretching for miles.
Millions are expected to file past Her Majesty’s coffin over the coming days.
It comes as a Cabinet Office source told The Sun estimated queue times lurched from 200 to 2000 hours in just two hours on Wednesday morning – equivalent to 83 days.
An estimated 750,000 Brits plan to flood into London to pay their respects.
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The Queen left Scotland for the final time on Tuesday and arrived into London later that night.
Princess Anne accompanied her mother on the emotional journey back to RAF Northolt and then onto the Palace.