The BBC has announced it will stream the Queen as she lies in state, helping people who want to pay their respects to do so virtually.

The service will be available globally from 17:00 BST on Wednesday, in an effort to aid people unable to make a journey to London or stand in the predicted 30-hour long queue to see her coffin at Westminster Hall.

People will be able to file past her coffin until Monday morning, the day of her state funeral, with hundreds of thousands expected to do so.

The service will be available in the UK on the BBC home page, the BBC News website and app, as well as iPlayer, BBC Parliament and via the red button. 

It will also be available internationally via bbc.com/news, allowing those outside the UK to join the vigil virtually and pay their respects from wherever they are.

The queue of people waiting to view the Queen lying in state in person is already growing, with some camping out overnight despite downpours.

Exactly how big the queue will grow is still unclear, but it will be in the hundreds of thousands with estimated numbers ranging from 400,000 to more than 750,000.

By 8am on Wednesday, the line already stretched between Lambeth Bridge and Westminster Bridge, with waits expected to be between 12 and 30 hours before the funeral on Monday.

King Charles III waved to crowds this morning as he rode past thousands of well-wishers lining The Mall and into Buckingham Palace.

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He arrived ahead of the procession he will lead today, which will see the Queen’s coffin taken through central London from 2.22pm.

Prince William and Prince Harry will join their father to walk behind the coffin, which will be pulled by horses.

The trio – along with the Queen’s other three children Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex – will follow the coffin on foot as it makes its journey to Westminster Hall.

The Queen’s coffin will be taken in procession on a Gun Carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where she will lay in state until the early morning of her funeral.

Her Majesty is expected to arrive at Westminster Hall at 3pm, as the route from the Palace takes exactly 38 minutes.

A total of 38 gun salutes are set to go off marking each minute of the Queen’s final journey from Buckingham Palace.

At Westminster Hall, there will be a service from the Archbishop of Canterbury, then it will open up to the public from 5pm onwards.

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