...Dateline Tuesday 13 September...

Then onwards to London, not by any fancy airliner, but by a transport plane of the Royal Air Force, large enough for Her Majesty’s coffin. When planning the trip, The Queen had approved the mode of transport, saying “If it’s good enough for our boys, it’s good enough for me!”

Arriving in West London, we watched as the coffin, draped in the Queen’s Standard, accompanied by daughter Anne, The Princess Royal, headed for Buckingham Palace for a rest before the next day’s long walk to the Palace of Westminster to lie in state.

But no rest in the TV coverage.