The Union flag on Buckingham Palace was at half mast on Thursday while a framed plaque announcing the Queen’s death was placed on the front gates by royal household staff.

Huge event in front of Buckingham Palace to take place - but there's one big twist The event takes place one week before Trooping the Colour and is always a crowd favourite.

The memorial is in front of Buckingham Palace ... It’s not just humans who are donning flags today. I’ve just met Lenny, who’s wearing a very fetching union jack collar.

Her coffin left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession to Westminster Hall.

Buckingham Palace released details on Friday morning about protocol for floral tributes, the closing of royal residences and a period of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Here we present a slightly jokey chronology of Buckingham Palace. Days of yore: Long ago, ... He builds an entirely new East Front to the palace, ... and the Union Flag is displayed when they're not.

"Scarcely had the Queen's flag been hauled down when Her Majesty departed for Cowes when quite an army of workmen appeared in front of the palace," wrote the Kilburn Times on 15 August 1913.