MEMBERS of the Royal family arrived at Buckingham Palace today in preparation for the Queen Mother's funeral procession.

The Queen made the journey by road from Windsor Castle in a royal Rolls-Royce accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.

The Royal Family gathered before setting off for the Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace to pay their private respects and say prayers at the Queen Mother's coffin before it was taken in procession to lie-in-state at Westminster Hall.