Two of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandchildren, George and Charlotte, took the spotlight at the Queen's funeral service.

Heir apparent Prince William's two older children joined the funeral procession as the Queen's coffin was carried into Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Nine-year-old George and his two-year-old sister walked behind the coffin with their mother Kate.

Her younger brother, four-year-old Louis, did not attend the state funeral.

Charlotte wore a black hat with a bow and a coat.

She looked down a lot and kept her hands folded in front of her.

Wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt and tie, George kept his arms at his sides and mostly looked straight ahead.

The children drove up together in the car with their mother Kate and their grandfather Charles' wife, king consort Camilla.

During the service, George and Charlotte sat in the front row, framed by their parents - with the rather large program sheet on their laps.

After her father Prince William became heir to the throne with the death of the Queen, the children are likely to play a more prominent role in the royal family in the future.

While the British media do not photograph or film William and Kate's children going about their daily lives, the two older children have been seen at public events on a number of occasions recently.

Funeral service, minutes of silence and a solemn procession

Britain commemorated the Queen's farewell with a moving funeral service, minutes of silence and a solemn procession through London.

Heads of state and government from around the world as well as representatives of royal families and the British royal family filled the pews of London's Westminster Abbey, where the Queen was once married and crowned, at the state funeral on Monday.

In his homily, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby paid tribute to the late Queen's lifetime achievement.

Those who "serve with love" are rare, he said. "Leaders who serve with love are even rarer." are forgotten”.

The late Queen vowed on her 21st birthday to serve her subjects throughout her life - and did so throughout her 70-year, seven-month and two-day reign.

Just two days before her death at the age of 96, the already frail Queen had appointed and received Britain's new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, and bid farewell to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The new King Charles III sat in the front rows at the funeral service.

and his three siblings, as well as the Queen's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The coffin was covered with the royal standard, on it rested the royal crown, scepter and orb.

After a trumpet call at the end of the service, the mourners and the whole country remained silent for two minutes, after which the mourners sang the national anthem in the new male version, "God save the King".