Inside room where Queen’s coffin will rest overnight where she once hosted dinners
The Queen’s coffin will stay overnight in a room at Buckingham Palace where the monarch dined with foreign royalty and met Premier League footballers.
The Bow Room has played host to a number of high-profile figures, including King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, former US president George Bush, and representatives of the Arsenal football team.
More than 30 members of the royal family held a private 100th birthday lunch in the Bow Room for the Queen Mother in 2000. In May this year, viewers of ITV’s This Morning caught a glimpse of the red-carpeted room as part of a Platinum Jubilee broadcast.
Situated behind the Marble Hall in the west wing of the palace, the Bow Room, formerly known as the Bow Library and the 1853 room, was named after the window that runs along one side.
The room has direct access to the Palace’s garden.
US leaders have also been hosted in the room that will become the overnight resting place for the Queen’s coffin, including former president George Bush in 2003.
The New Zealand All Blacks paid a visit to the Bow Room in 2005, where they met the Queen and a then-23 year old Prince William.
The royals were treated to a performance of the infamous Haka.
And celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal gave a presentation of his Diamond Jubilee Concert picnic in the Bow Room in 2012.
Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's coffin returned to Buckingham Palace Tuesday afternoon following a day travelling from Edinburgh's St Giles' Cathedral with Princess Anne via an RAF aircraft.
As her coffin left St Giles' Cathedral, the sound of pipes filled the streets as well as a round of applause as it was the last time the Queen would have left Scotland after spending the majority of the summer in her home in Balmoral.
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Once she landed in London, she was then driven by hearse after landing in London where she was met by crowds of royal fans who lined the motorway to roar cheers as the late sovereign entered the Palace gates.
Her coffin was finally received by King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla, alongside his children.
The Queen will rest in the Bow Room overnight before being moved to Westminster Hall, where she will be open to the public 24 hours a day from 5 pm on Wednesday 14 September until 6:30 am on Monday 19 September – on which day her funeral will take place.
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