London and Manchester fall silent to remember Queen

People across London stopped as Big Ben tolled to start a minute of silence on Sunday in honour of Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II ahead of her state funeral tomorrow.

The silence was also observed in St Anne's Square in the northern English city of Manchester. British Prime Minister Liz Truss joined the tribute from Downing Street.

Britain and the world will lay the queen to rest later on Monday at a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers from across the world as well as up to a million people to the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an era.