A military rehearsal took place overnight for the Queen’s coffin procession, hours before Charles makes his first visit to Northern Ireland as King.
Hundreds of the Queen’s Guards, dressed in their iconic red military attire with tall, black bearskin hats, rehearsed the procession which will carry the late monarch’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster tomorrow.
Grenadier Guards, a unit of the Household Division Foot Guards, take part in a rehearsal of the ceremonial procession of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. King Charles is set to make his first visit to Northern Ireland since ascending the throne this morning. The new King and the Queen Consort will be travelling to Belfast, where he will meet political leaders including the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris.
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