The same gun carriage that carried King George VI 50 years ago will now take the Queen Mother from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey

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• Tuesday April 9, 2002
• Tim Henman and wife Lucy are expecting their first child
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• The funeral party leaves Westminster for Windsor
• The royal family inside Westminster Abbey
• The funeral procession enters Westminster Abbey
• Members of the royal family follow the coffin from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey
• The Queen arrives for her mother's funeral
• Prince Charles arrives at Westminster with his sons William and Harry
• The same gun carriage that carried King George VI 50 years ago will now take the Queen Mother from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey
• A myriad uniforms lines the entrance to Westminster Abbey
• Crowds line the streets of London ahead of the funeral of the Queen Mother
• The Queen Mother's four grandsons stand vigil over her casket
• Monday April 8, 2002
• The Queen makes a personal broadcast to the nation giving thanks for "the support you are giving me and my family" following the death of her mother
• The late John Thaw's TV drama Buried Treasure nominated for a Bafta
• Pierce Brosnan fights to maintain the international ban on commercial whale hunting
• Martine McCutcheon to star opposite Hugh Grant in upcoming film Love Actually
• Liz Hurley and newborn son Damian set to leave hospital today
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ignores US and UK calls to withdraw his troops from the West Bank
• A three-mile queue built up over the weekend as an estimated 180,000 people filed past the coffin of the Queen Mother
• Pop Idol contestant Rik Waller signs up to take part in celebrity version of TV slimming show Fat Club
• UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is in Spain for the World Assembly on Aging, turns 64 today
• Friday April 5, 2002
• Natalie Imbruglia and Rowan Atkinson to co-star in James Bond spoof
• REM guitarist Peter Buck cleared of 'air rage' charges
• Celine Dion's first studio album in five years tops Billboard charts with 527,000 copies sold
• Woody Allen to attend Cannes Film Festival for first time ever
• Three original John Lennon tapes expected to fetch up to �140,000 in auction at Christie's next month
• Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri says she is 'really happy' after announcing her pregnancy
• Will Smith buys Beverly Crescent Hotel in LA for �3.5 million
• Matt Damon to make West End debut in This Is Our Youth
• Thursday April 4, 2002
• Elizabeth Hurley gives birth to a baby boy, Damian Charles
• Billy Bob Thornton fulfils "lifetime ambition" by playing at Liverpool's world-famous Cavern club
• Sergio Garcia and Martina Hingis very much together in Castellon, Spain
• Robert Downey Jr 37 today
• Stella McCartney designs new boot for Adidas

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