Queen Elizabeth II: Navy officers rehearse state funeral

The Royal Navy is rehearsing for the Queen's state funeral at Westminster Abbey next Monday.

Sailors have been involved in every state funeral since 1901, as the senior service pull the State Gun Carriage.

The tradition was inherited after horses pulling Queen Victoria's coffin were spooked during the procession, nearly toppling the coffin.

On Tuesday at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, 98 sailors rehearsed with the carriage, which has carried four monarchs.

Another 40 sailors marched behind the carriage to act as the brake and on the day, hundreds more sailors are expected to line the route.