Queen’s children hold vigil over coffin in Westminster Hall

King Charles led second vigil with siblings as the public filed past

Three measured taps of the guard's stick on the stone steps inside Westminster Hall signalled the start of the vigil of the princes as Queen Elizabeth II's four children, led by the King, marched slowly down, stopping in front of the catafalque.

Another triple tap, and they stepped on to it. King Charles, red-eyed and blinking, took up his place at the head of the coffin, the Princess Royal and Earl of Wessex to each side of it, and the Duke of York at its foot.