It's been a long and freezing wait for the mourners who've been camped out at Windsor Castle to grab the best spot to watch from.
They have come from far and wide to celebrate her Majesty's life and welcome her home to her family.
Windsor has been a maze of mourners for ten days - but today the crowd was different. Weighed down not just by grief, but by chairs, blankets and brave plans for the evening ahead.
"We're hoping to camp out tonight so we can see the Queen return home tomorrow," one said.
Through strict security they trudged to find their place with a view.
Theresa and Joan were the first to arrive - but they were far from the last. The Long Walk soon transformed into the Longest Campground.
"Staying the night, braving it in the cold," one waiter said.
"We got some extra large socks for when the lights go down," another added.
Happy campers with heavy hearts, waiting to say goodbye to their queen. They ranged from the spontaneous to those who booked the trip the minute they read the news and are very very well prepared.
"I have a onesie to wear tonight, a furry onesie, a poncho, a waterproof poncho, waterproof trousers, enough food to feed the army," one mourner said.
Which is lucky because an army is coming.
"This is going to be a huge event for the town, arguably the largest event in living memory, and we're honoured that the Queen's final journey will be through the town where she will be laid to rest," said Andrew Johnson, leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
The clue is in her name - Elizabeth Windsor. This town really is the Queen's home.
"She'll be at peace here I think," one person said.
Back where she belongs, reunited with her strength and stay.
When Prince Philip died last year, his coffin was placed in the Royal Vault, waiting to be moved to the memorial chapel with the Queen when she died.
That's when the cameras will stop rolling. A private ceremony will be held as they open the family tomb where her parents and sister are for the first time in 20 years. The wider chapel houses 45 royals.
"For her to be back with her family, and with her mother and father and grandparents and great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents, it's the right place for her, she loved it here, we're so honoured that she's coming back," said Charlie Spear, volunteer for the Royal Ambassador scheme.
It's a monumental undertaking, both emotionally and logistically, carefully guided by town ambassadors who have been planning for this day since they were first recruited a decade ago.
"I really don't know how I feel, I keep choking up," Spear said.
The time has finally come. A kingdom ready to farewell its Queen.
