Mourners will face chaos this morning as a damaged overhead wire has meant all trains into London from Slough have been cancelled or delayed until 10am on the day of the Queen's State funeral.

Hardy royal fans defied no-camping rules ahead of the Queen's funeral today, as people of all ages set up tents, deck chairs and even a makeshift minibar to grab premium seats for the state funeral.

The State Gun carriage will set off at 10.44am, drawn by 98 Royal Navy sailors known as the Sovereign's Guard who will pull on ropes attached to the carriage's front wheels.

The BBC's massive broadcasting operation at the Queen's funeral will be fuelled by eco-friendly vegetable oil - Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

The final people were admitted to the line to see the Queen's coffin at about 10.30pm last night, which gave them time to make it through before the closure at 6.30am this morning.

Speaking to Australia's Governor-General at a reception held for Commonwealth dignitaries ahead of the Queen's funeral today, Kate explained Louis is asking many questions.

The Yeomen of the Guard, pictured at rest, stand over Her Majesty along with the Gentlemen at Arms and the Royal Company of Archers.

The Queen's coffin, which has been walked past by thousands of mourners over the last week, will first be carried in a procession to Westminster Abbey from 10.35am.

King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema, dubbed the 'Prince William and Kate Middleton of the Himalayas', made the journey to London ahead of the state funeral today.

Kevin Giddings, 61, and his team from Milborrow Chimney Sweeps have looked after the chimneys and fires at royal homes Speaking to The Argus, his wife Katie paid tribute to the late Queen.

RICHARD KAY: In Charles's case it should mean moving in to Buckingham Palace, the headquarters of the British monarchy. But where to live is by no means his only dilemma.

In a push for gender equality, the company tasked with ensuring the UK's essential energy supply matches demand have ditched the default use of masculine pronouns.

Junior members of the royal household have been left 'upset and disappointed' at not being able to see the Queen lying in state.

Joe Biden has been seen being greeted on the steps of the Palace as he arrives along with President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and the former King and Queen Consort of Spain.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Tens of millions of Britons will watch the proceedings in Westminster Abbey, the procession, and the committal in Windsor.

A newspaper report said the devastated royal had been the last to know about her passing - and was even told after Prime Minister Liz Truss.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister will urge allies to end their reliance on imports of energy and other products from so-called malign actors.

Christine Rogers, 62, and her daughter Sarah, 29, were handed the final two wristbands to see Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state at around 10.40pm last night.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern became only the second elected head of government to give birth, to daughter Neve, while in office a few months later.

PETER HITCHENS: Here I was, with the chance of passing through Westminster Hall and seeing the coffin of the Queen guarded with the last splendours of our ancient, troubled kingdom.

Princess Beatrice was turned away empty-handed from a top store amid a shortage of black hats in London. Demand soared after the short notice was given of the day of the funeral.

Seating more than 500 foreign dignitaries at today's funeral without causing a diplomatic row could be one of the biggest challenges for government officials.

A million people were preparing to make their way to the centre of London for the funeral procession of Queen Victoria, a greater crowd than had ever been known before in the capital.

Scores of people began bedding in to line The Mall in central London over the weekend, despite rules - seemingly loosely enforced - preventing people from setting up camp.

Laura Carmichael, Daisy Lowe, Lara Stone and Jourdan Dunn were all in attendance as the Scottish designer unveiled his latest collection at Camden Roundhouse. .

The Princes have been putting on a united front at the events surrounding their grandmother's lying-in-state. Dr Max Pemberton explains that family rifts have deep-seated, complex roots

Disgraced King Juan Carlos I of Spain has arrived at Buckingham Palace against the wishes of the Spanish Government, who reportedly asked him not to travel to London.

Kellie-Jay Keen, who founded women's rights group Standing For Women, was due to give a talk in the Sussex town today as part of her Let Women Speak tour.

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.

The crackdown at Moorside High School in Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent has targeted make up, banned skirts being made of the wrong material and focuses on footwear.

Katie Richards and her husband Ashley claim they fell seriously ill during their stay at the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya Resort and Spa in Cancun. They alleged poor food hygiene at the TUI-operated resort.

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 premier reiterated her belief that New Zealand would ditch the monarchy 'over the course of my lifetime' but suggested she would not front a push to do so.

Seven-months pregnant Vanessa Araujo de Carvalho and her colleague Jania Simplicio were shot dead by a gang of robbers in Brazil on September 10.

The startling footage shows a chaotic scene in Green Lane Road, east Leicester, with police separating the two sides of an 'unplanned protest' as they shout for people to get back and go home.

Welsh actor Michael Sheen found himself in a Twitter storm after calling the King and Queen Consort's visit to Cardiff on Owain Glyndŵr day as 'insensitive' and 'insulting'

Crossbench peer Lord Sentamu (pictured) today said those in attendance 'will not find boredom' and will instead be 'lifted to glory' following the state service tomorrow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Follow MailOnline's liveblog for updates throughout today as a state funeral is held for the Queen at Westminster Abbey before a committal service at Windsor Castle.

The grand oak doors of the UK's most important church - where Her Majesty married Prince Philip and had her congregation - opened at 8am, three hours before the service starts.

Public viewing areas for the Queen's funeral procession route are already full, City Hall said on Monday morning, with crowds being sent to Hyde Park to watch from there

Many roads and bridges have been shut to traffic and 23-miles of barriers put up to control crowds and keep key areas secure, with police with sniffer dogs on duty.

The Queen will be laid to rest under dry skies. Mourners who have lined the London streets will see temperatures as high as 17° as they pay their respects to Her Majesty as she takes her final journey.

MPs and peers from across parties took their places side-by-side in the congregation for the state event at Westminster Abbey.

Biden and his wife Jill were seen in the back of the motorcade, known as 'The Beast', as it got stuck in the busy London traffic this morning.

Kremlin troops hit the Pivdennoukrainsk plant in Mykolaiv region, damaging power plant buildings and a nearby hydroelectric power plant and transmission lines.

A Brit abroad in Portugal has shared a picture of a cloud formation which he said resembles a profile of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara (pictured).

Before the service, the tenor bell is tolled every minute for 96 minutes, reflecting each year of Queen Elizabeth II's life.

Footage shows the appalling moment when a 26-year-old trapeze artist fell into the circus ring during a new act in front of hundreds of children and their parents

Matt Hancock and his girlfriend Gina Coladangelo appear to be working on some home improvement projects. Their visit to Homebase could spark rumours that they are living together.

John Crotty, 64, from Cardiff was arrested for running a child sex abuse website.Police detained Crotty when they raided his rented bungalow in Tangub City.

The young children of slain Melbourne mum Samantha Fraser were savagely mocked by cruel classmates over their loss. 

The teenage child of slain Melbourne mum Samantha Fraser has confronted her killer father in court. 

The NSW Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes didn't hold back as she launched into a blistering attack of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex hours before the Queen's funeral.

UK-born Irish passport holder Johnny Morrissey and his Scots 'moll' Nicola scaled back from a stunning villa to a modest rented £1,040-a-month top-floor flat this summer in an attempt to lay low

Up to four billion people around the globe are expected to watch the Queen's funeral today in what the world's media dubbed the 'most-followed event in history' on its front pages today.

The Government is expected to axe the 1.25 percentage point rise after just six months on Friday in a move designed to help ease the cost-of-living crisis.

The Project host on asked the former presidential candidate just how many pant suits she actually owns, prompting the high-powered mother and daughter to burst out laughing.

Commuters in NSW will no longer need to wear a mask on public transport with the often-ignored rule to finally be scrapped in what premier Dominic Perrottet described as a 'common sense' move .

Following an apparent U-turn by the parliamentary authorities, vice-premier Wang Qishan was pictured in Westminster Hall last night ahead of the state funeral.

For more than five years a ghostwriter, known as 'The Kenyan', wrote thousands of assignments for cashed-up international students at some of Australia's top universities.

A bizarre post about streetlights has shown just how paranoid and deluded some of Australia's anti-vaxxers have become as the pandemic reaches its end.

Students at a Sydney high school have been 'put in jeopardy' due to what a parliamentary inquiry has been told was an asbestos cover-up at the campus.

A mini heatwave moving through regional Queensland raised the mercury to a blistering 40C at Doomadgee and Julia Creek and 35C at Camooweal on Monday.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis received the ovation while speaking at rally for Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels in Olathe, Kansas.

Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida compared the outrage at Texas and Florida to the relatively muted response to 'ghost flights' sent by the Biden administration in the middle of the night.

Two young boys made an unexpected discovery near a creek in Noonkanbah Station, 380km east of Broome in northern Western Australia. It had been there for more than 70 years.

Three of the four big Australian banks have passed the latest interest rate increase by the RBA to customers in full and the fourth, Westpac, will raise rates from Tuesday.

Bruce Saunders, 54, was allegedly murdered and fed through a woodchipper on a rural property north of Brisbane in 2017, with only his legs remaining. He had unwittingly become caught up in a 'love quadrangle'.

Thousands have flocked to Australia's weed capital wearing eccentric outfits and body paint to celebrate the Mardi Grass festival.

The dining and entertainment vouchers that proved hugely popular during the pandemic in both NSW and Victoria, are back for another economy boosting round, but only in one state.

Consumers who rely on tap and go payments are being charged higher fees for using their credit card. Diners Club and American Express are the dearest, compared with Mastercard and Visa.

Antonio Desisto, 16, was laid to rest on Monday after he was killed along with four school friends in the September 6 crash at Buxton.

Amy Brown, the senior NSW bureaucrat who appointed former deputy state premier John Barilaro to a plum $500,000 trade job in New York said she is 'exploring new opportunities'.

Former president Donald Trump announced he would be returning to Mar-a-Lago for the first time since the FBI raid in early August.

More than 100 fines have been issued on Victorian public transport and in excess of 181,000 warnings issued in less than a month as part of a COVID-19 mask compliance crackdown.

National Australia Bank's CEO Ross McEwan got a 130 per cent pay rise, but he has offered his workers a 'paltry' 3.5 to five per cent. Mr McEwan's salary has risen to $5.3million from $2.3million.

Australian Army Brigadier Mick Garraway explained the preparation 39 of his comrades went through to prepare for their role in the Queen's funeral, which includes a military procession.

Melburnians complained online they were still shivering through near-freezing weather despite it being days into spring, prompting claims the six Aboriginal seasons were more accurate.

Mourners also described how it felt like 'Glastonbury' as they videoed people jumping the wall to lay flowers at the royal park after it was temporarily closed.

Video shows the terrifying moment a stunt pilot crashed his plane during a Nevada air race in front of thousands of horrified fans. The pilot died in the crash.

Hurricane Fiona is approaching the Dominican Republic having triggered life-threatening floods and mudslides in Puerto Rico throughout Sunday after making landfall.

It is not widely known, but all Australian citizens are entitled to get a portrait of the Queen from their federal MP. But time is running out to claim your free photo as MPs are running out.

One Nation politician Mark Latham has announced he has separated from his wife Janine 'in rather unique circumstances' after 22 years of marriage.

Matthew Hall, 34, was travelling with another man, 35, about 100km south of Gove in East Arnhem, in the Northern Territory, when their buggy rolled just after 11pm on Thursday. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the countrywide day off for Thursday to give Australians time to reflect on Her Majesty's life and legacy - but many will spend it getting drunk.

If re-elected in November Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will rename and rebuild Moorandah Hospital in Melbourne's east as the centrepiece of a $1 billion proposal.

Footy fans have slammed Channel Seven's coverage of the AFL's Brownlow Medal night as being 'inappropriate for children' due to a tiny detail that nearly everyone noticed.

Virginia resident,  Pengcheng Si is suing Bed Bath & Beyond, former company'  investor, Ryan Cohen, JP Morgan Securities and Gustavo Arnal but a 'conflict of interest' has arisen.

Powerful storm Fiona has been upgraded to hurricane status and hit Puerto Rico hard on Sunday afternoon. Officials say rains and floods are life-threatening as residents hunker down.

Samantha Fraser was killed by husband Adrian James Basham at their Melbourne home in 2018. His three young children now tell of how the shocking murder traumatised them.

Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors have released images and details of a Russian 'torture chamber' they found in a newly liberated village.

Adams also blamed the Texas Republican for the current migrant crisis - despite the hundreds of thousands of people who have been pouring over the border since President Joe Biden took office.

President Biden has promised to take 'control' of inflation, currently at 8.3%. Biden  made the assertion during an interview with CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday.

President Biden said he would use US soldiers to defend Taiwan if China invaded the island. But after the interview a White House official said the US policy towards Taiwan had not changed.

Attorneys for a group representing 30 migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard last week are calling for state & federal prosecutors to open criminal investigations.

A large sinkhole in central Perth suburb Subiaco swallowed a luxury car and cut residents' water services overnight on Sunday.

Jo Masters, the chief economist at Barrenjoey, is forecasting a 25 per cent plunge in Sydney's median house prices as severe RBA monetary policy tightening sparked a recession.

The Greens senator revealed she will skip the official service for the late Queen Elizabeth II that will be held at the Great Hall at Parliament House on Thursday.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe predicted house prices would fall by 10 per cent by 2023. He told a parliamentary hearing prices would still be up by 15 per cent after three years.

A mother-of-four accused of murdering two men, including her boyfriend who was allegedly found with his penis severed, claims she was not responsible for her actions at the time.

Levi Maurice Johnson, 23, was stabbed and left to bleed to death outside a Goodlife gym in Mansfield, Brisbane, about 1pm last Monday.

An age-progression video posted to Twitter on Sunday documents how the Queen grew up from a young girl in London to becoming a monarch who ruled for seven decades.

The disgraced Duke of York has paid tribute to his mother the Queen, saying in a statement: 'Mummy, your love for a son, your compassion, your care, your confidence I will treasure forever.'

A friend of the couple believes that the Sussexes will feel 'excluded' after they were apparently 'uninvited' to a state event for 1,000 world leaders and royals attending the Queen's funeral tomorrow.

The Houses of Parliament launched an 'urgent' investigation into the famous bell and insist they are 'confident' it will chime 96 times on Monday, to mark the Queen's age.

Prince George and Princess Charlotte will make a surprise appearance at their great-grandmother's funeral today, walking behind her coffin into Westminster Abbey.

Inner West Sydney councillor Tim Stephens removed the portrait and handed it to the general manager, who then discussed it with Mayor Darcy Byrne, who said it was 'redundant'.

Campaigners, historians and MPs have added their support alongside a 140,000-strong petition. Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has lobbied Downing Street, declaring it a 'brilliant idea'.

Three AFL big wigs almost didn't make Saturday's preliminary final because their Qantas flights were delayed because of an 'unusual smell' and baggage issue.

Bishop Lamar Whitehead was caught on video Sunday grabbing a woman and pushing her out of the way as he was giving his sermon in Brooklyn on Sunday.

The 'tentative' deal struck Thursday meets the needs of only two of the nation's twelve union groups. If just one of those groups votes to reject the deal, the agreement would collapse and strikes could begin.

Two weeks after being released from Colditz in 1945 and returning home to Scotland, Private Alex Ross was summoned to his local post office to take a long-distance telephone call.

Dr Salim Uddin had opened up on his experiences studying to be a medical professional and revealed he has made plans to travel to Melbourne.

The teenage driver of a ute that crashed killing five of his friends, is on suicide watch in prison as his lawyers wait for a psyche report and urged that an application for his release from jail be expedited.

In what is set to be one of the biggest security operations in British history, Scotland Yard is pulling out all the stops to ensure today's service and procession go off without at hitch.

Ben Fordham questioned whether Australians getting stung with tougher road penalties was what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had in mind when he announced the day.

Dylan Alcott, the 2022 Australian of the Year, has spoken movingly about the moment he made Queen Elizabeth laugh in the final months of her life. He is in London for the Queen's funeral on Monday.

In a 'wonderful' letter written just four weeks after the Duke of Edinburgh's death last year, the Queen thanked Dr John Sentamu for his flowers and prayers.

Mickey Bran earned a minor place in royal history as the last person in the queue to see King George VI lying in state. Now, 70 years on, Mr Bran remembers the occasion with a heavy heart.

The most popular Toyota LandCruiser model is the 79 Series dual cab ute, which even outsells the latest very popular 300 Series model. The waiting time is four years despite it being a 1984 shape.

An axe-wielding man who was filmed menacing customers in a New York McDonald's over the weekend has been released without bail and gloated about it on Instagram afterwards.

MAILONLINE BLOG: Recap a day in which King Charles said he and Camilla had been 'moved beyond measure' by tributes for his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

A Pennsylvania restaurant famous from a mention by the hit-show 'The Office' is suing a customer for more than $3,000 after the patron left a very generous tip for a waitress and than asked for it back

The mother of the 13-year-old austic boy whose arm was broken by a school staffer said that the incident happened in a room that has has no cameras.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It is fashionable among the liberal elite to depict Britain as a country of waning power and influence, sliding inexorably into the wings of the world stage.

The chilling account, provided by several sources acquainted with the 'Fantastic Beasts' star, tells a tale of the actor's supposed downward spiral after finding fame in Hollywood.

Thousands of Australians wrongly believed they were being scammed when they received a text message from their power company warning of an outage.

King Charles III has led the country in mourning and travelled some 1,900 miles as the new monarch - attending more than 30 engagements since the Queen's death.

Australians will soon be able to live and work in Bali completely tax free after the Indonesian government announced a new 'digital nomad' visa for foreigners.

The stunning skies seemed to say a last goodbye to the Monarch who has been a central figurehead of the country for over 70 years.

Centrelink allowances will be given their biggest increase in 30 years while pensions will have the biggest indexation uptick in 12 years as the government helps combat rising cost of living.

JANE FRYER: With the state funeral of our beloved Queen upon us, King Charles and his fractured family will be bracing themselves for one more show of solidarity.

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.

Ivanka Trump continued to enjoy the Florida sun this weekend and was seen sporting a red bikini top while her husband Jared Kushner recovers from surgery to treat thyroid cancer.

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday, wiping out power and plunging the island into darkness in an event reminiscent of Hurricane Maria in 2017, which caused a huge blackout.

Trump is fresh off of one of his signature Make America Great Again rallies on Saturday night. He was in Youngstown, Ohio to stump for Senate candidate JD Vance and three House hopefuls.

Michael Carneal, 39, is up for parole after serving a 25-year sentence after he opened fire killing three of his peers at his high school December 1, 1997.

The brazen reneging came on Tuesday, when staff at the Marysville Honda Motors Co. plant in Ohio (pictured) were sent a memo demanding they give back money from overpaid bonuses.

Bill Clinton, 76, said that Republicans are only able to 'close' in midterm elections because 'they scare people' into thinking they need to vote in right-leaning politicians.

Several campsites have formed a tent city at the edge of one of Sydney's most popular beaches - with locals concerned about the behaviour of its residents.

The incident at the Lower East Side eatery on Delancey Street in Manhattan  transpired early Friday at roughly 2:25 am - and saw Michael Palacios, 31, arrested for brandishing the weapon.

A tourist from Denmark was shot in the back in New York City's Upper West Side on Sunday morning after refusing to turn over his cellphone to the robber in the latest in NYC's crime spree.