THE Queen’s coffin is set to leave London on Monday to a tear-jerking rendition of I Vow To Thee My Country.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to join in as military marching bands play the nation’s favourite hymn.
The Queen’s coffin is set to leave London on Monday to a tear-jerking rendition of I Vow To Thee My Country
The spine-tingling tune will resonate as pall bearers carry Her Majesty’s coffin into a waiting hearse for its final onward journey to Windsor.
The hugely emotional climax follows the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey.
Royal Navy sailors will pull the coffin past Buckingham Palace one last time.
The bands of the Scots and Grenadier Guards are lined up to perform a medley of patriotic favourites, including Jerusalem, the National Anthem and I Vow To Thee My Country as the procession reaches the capital’s Hyde Park Corner.
A source said: “It will be incredibly moving.
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“There won’t be a dry eye in the crowds, or for the millions of people watching at home.”
The tunes mark the end of the London part of the funeral ceremonies as the Queen heads to her rest in Windsor’s George VI Memorial Chapel.
Floral tributes lay outside St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle where the Queen will be buried
