Richard III: Leicester Cathedral ready to rebury king

  

King Richard III's body is due to be laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral later at a service presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Most Rev Justin Welby will be joined by local senior clergy and representatives of world faiths for the service at 11:30 GMT.

  

 

Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are also among the guests.
A procession and commemoration service are also planned in York.
The king's remains were found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.
Thousands of people lined the streets as the last Plantagenet king's body was taken on a procession through the county on Sunday ahead of the reburial service.
Many more queued for hours to view the coffin in the cathedral.
The Dean of Leicester, the Very Reverend David Monteith, told the Today programme the ceremony would be an "extraordinary, moving thing".
He added: "There are no mourners. Instead it's much more of a hello, a welcome, a recognition of our history.
"Also [it's] a recognition of the pain of what happened to him, the humiliation he suffered after death - which is really not what we would want for any human being and the church would want to point to his dignity."