(ANSA) - LONDON, SEPTEMBER 18 - London is expected to be armored as perhaps never before, at least in the central area, for tomorrow's solemn state funeral of Queen Elizabeth: between processions, floods of people on the street and protection of about 500 leaders various edignitaries invited from almost all over the world.
This was underlined by the police, in a warning note on the total closure of other traffic on a series of roads starting from 5 am in the morning.
Monday will be marked by the end of the disposal (scheduled by 6.30 am) of the mileage of those who are still paying homage to the sovereign's coffin: the queue will be closed to new accesses from today afternoon.
At 11 there will then be the funeral in Westminster Abbey, preceded by a last short procession of the falcon in a carriage.
Then, after the liturgy, a procession by car will take the coffin out of the city, up to the castle of Windsor: where Elizabeth II will receive the last tribute from a chosen representation of guests, before the very private burial in front of the only close family members in the chapel of St George, next door. to Prince Consort Philip.
An exceptional mobilization of the Transport for London (TfL) public transport system is also scheduled for tomorrow.
With 250 extra trains set up for the subway and other urban trains: those in charge are expecting up to one million more passengers on the sidelines of the ceremonies.
Just yesterday, King Charles III received at the palace the heads of Scotland Yard, other police corps and military units deployed on the streets in these days, as well as managers of the Municipality and the emergency services, to thank them and make the point: it is calculated that their commitment has exceeded that record put in place at the 2012 London Olympics.
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