Details revealed of queueing system to view Queen"s coffin Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments on the route. With hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue for many hours to get the chance to view the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, volunteers from groups including the Scouts and Salvation Army have been drafted in to help. Official guidance to the public coming to London warns those thinking of attending to expect “very long” queues, very possibly overnight, and to especially consider this if bringing children. Summary Here’s a roundup of today’s events as the Queen’s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, ahead of her lying in state from tomorrow. The Queen’s coffin has been welcomed by crowds of mourners as it arrived at Buckingham Palace. It will rest in the Bow Room, before it is moved on Wednesday to lie in state at the Palace of Westminster. Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments on the route. King Charles will be joined by his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex as they walk behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. Charles, William and Harry – along with Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward – will follow the coffin on foot. Dozens of Clarence House staff have been given notice of their redundancy as the offices of King Charles and the Queen Consort move to Buckingham Palace after the death of the Queen, the Guardian has learned. King Charles visited Northern Ireland and said he would “seek the welfare of all the inhabitants of Northern Ireland”, in a formal response to the region’s assembly on his visit to Hillsborough Castle to meet the public and politicians. He met Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill and Ireland’s president Michael D Higgins. A service of reflection for the life of the Queen took place at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast. That’s all for today. Tomorrow the Queen will be taken from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state until Monday. The Trussell Trust, which runs more than 1,400 foodbanks in the UK, has defended a decision by some of its branches to close on the day of the Queen’s funeral. A food bank in Stoke-on-Trent said it would close three distribution centres on Monday, and others in East Elmbridge, East Grinstead, Grantham, Ringwood and South Sefton said they would follow suit. A food bank in Wimbledon has done a U-turn after saying it would shut. PA Media reports it said it now had enough volunteers to open and added: “as a reminder we are not a government service and run solely on people’s donations of time, money and food.” Emma Revie, chief executive of the Trussell Trust said: “Food banks in our network run sessions on different days and at different times. “Food banks are best placed to make the right decision for their communities and will ensure everyone who needs support can access it as they do with every bank holiday. “As each food bank is an independent charity, we’d encourage people who need support to contact their local food bank to check their opening hours.” Princes William and Harry to join King Charles in walking behind coffin to Westminster Hall The King will be joined by his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex as they walk behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to where she will lie in state. Charles, William and Harry – along with Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward – will follow the coffin on foot as it makes its journey to Westminster Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Anne’s son Peter Phillips and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence will also walk in the procession, as well as the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl of Snowdon. Camilla, Queen Consort, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, as well as Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The procession will leave the palace at 2.22pm and is expected to arrive at Westminster Hall at 3pm. A service lasting around 20 minutes will be led by the Archbishop of Canterbury accompanied by the Dean of Westminster. Chaplains from different faiths and denominations will be offering support to people queuing to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall. The service will start at 9am on Wednesday and will run until Sunday. Chaplains will be engaging with the crowd during daylight hours. Identified by hi-vis vests which have Faith Team printed on them, the chaplains will move along with the crowd, introduce themselves, have conversations and if requested, pray with people, PA Media reports. The team of chaplains has been recruited and commissioned by Lambeth Palace and the dioceses of London and Southwark – and received an induction led by the spiritual care team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust. Details revealed of queueing system to view Queen"s coffin Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments on the route. With hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue for many hours to get the chance to view the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, volunteers from groups including the Scouts and Salvation Army have been drafted in to help. Official guidance to the public coming to London warns those thinking of attending to expect “very long” queues, very possibly overnight, and to especially consider this if bringing children. People will be issued with coloured and numbered wristbands, showing their place in the queue and meaning they can leave it to use toilets or fetch food and drink. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which is leading on the arrangements, plans to provide live updates on the length of the queue, and where it begins at any given time. It will be closed if the numbers waiting are too great to ensure those in the line will reach Westminster in time. The process, formally known as lying in state, begins at 5pm on Wednesday after the Queen’s coffin is taken in a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, the 11th-century structure at the heart of the parliamentary estate. From then, those who have queued will be able to file past the coffin 24 hours a day until 6.30am next Monday, the day of the Queen’s funeral. Leyland Cecco Justin Trudeau has declared a federal holiday for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, granting a handful of employees across Canada a day off. “Declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important,” the Canadian prime minister said on Tuesday. “For our part we will letting federal employees know that Monday will be a day of mourning where they will not work.” But in Canada, nearly 90% of workers fall under provincial jurisdiction, and most were given little indication if they are expected to show up to work Monday. Trudeau said he was working with the provinces on a possible public holiday. Center Parcs announces U-turn over closure plan There has been a U-turn in one of the more bizarre of the corporate announcements in the aftermath of the Queen’s death. Center Parcs, which runs a number of holiday villages across the UK had planned to evict guests on Monday, when the Queen’s funeral will take place. However after an outcry, there has been a reversal from bosses on Tuesday night. A spokesman said: “We have however, reviewed our position regarding the very small number of guests who are not due to depart on Monday and we will be allowing them to stay on our villages rather than having to leave and return on Tuesday. The villages will still remain closed on Monday and we will be offering a discount for the lack of facilities available on that day.” Emily Dugan has been outside Buckingham Palace earlier this evening, where she asked mourners what they thought of the Guardian’s story this evening that Clarence House has made staff redundant. In the small crowd outside the gates at Buckingham Palace, many were shocked at the Guardian’s revelations about the handling of redundancies at Clarence House. Podiatrist Christhell Hobbs, 57, is a regular attendee at royal events and was in the throng for Kate and William’s wedding. She said of the staff facing redundancy: “I think it’s sad. They have families they have to support.” Hobbs, who left Fairlight near Hastings in East Sussex first thing in the morning to see the Queen’s coffin arrive on Tuesday evening, added: “Many of them have put in many good years of service and now they’re told ‘we don’t want you’. You have to be human about this.” Korina Massicat, 22, from east London is studying politics at Durham university. She said: “[these are] people who’ve been working hard and are faithful and loyal. Nobody deserves to be fired because someone dies.” Lexi, 26, a fashion student at Central St Martins in London who was right outside the palace gates, said: “It’s quite shocking. I don’t get it, she only just passed away. It’s more important to get the funeral done – I don’t think this was a good time to do it right now.” Gary Taylor, 54, from Gray’s End, is a property developer and an enthusiastic Royalist. He kept a royal scrapbook as a child but conceded “It is bad timing. It’s not what you would expect because it’s so soon.” A sizeable contingent in the crowd refused to believe the news, even when shown it online. “That’s scaremongering, that is” said one woman, looking disgusted. Another said “people aren’t prepared to hear negative stuff at the moment”. The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is due to sign the condolence book for the Queen in Washington DC later today. This timelapse video shows miles-long queues outside St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh to see the Queen’s coffin. The line continued to grow from Monday evening, as people waited for the first opportunity to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III presided over a vigil. Penny Lancaster was seen in her police uniform at RAF Northolt, shortly before the Queen’s coffin arrived in London after leaving Edinburgh earlier today. The 51-year-old, who is married to crooner Rod Stewart, began working as a special constable last year and earlier confirmed she would be working during the Queen’s funeral on Monday. On Tuesday evening she was pictured engaging and marshalling expectant crowds and also helping a member of the public who was in a wheelchair. Our colleague Emily Dugan reports on the moment the Queen’s coffin arrived at Buckingham Palace: As the motorcade pulled up outside the gates, the motorbikes cut their engines and the crowd fell silent in the darkness. The hush continued as the brightly lit hearse slowly pulled in through the rain. Once the hearse was in the driveway, the crowd broke out in applause and a round of three cheers for the Queen. Kim Frances, 44, from Anna Valley in Hampshire, said: “That was so emotional. “She’s home now.” King Charles became annoyed with a leaking pen during a visit to Northern Ireland’s Hillsborough Castle on Tuesday. Charles, alongside the Queen Consort, Camilla, was attending a reception at the castle, where he met with members of Northern Ireland’s assembly. During a book-signing ceremony towards the end of the visit, Charles realised he had initially signed the wrong date and then complained about the pen he was using, with the Queen Consort saying it was leaking “everywhere”. The pen was swiftly vanished by a royal aide before Camilla sat down to sign the book herself.