Police officers have visited shops along the procession route to offer advice on how to deal with the crowds and potential protesters.

More than 1,000 boats covered a 7½-mile procession route, passing under 14 bridges.

The 800-strong unit will be on stand-by, with most of the officers sitting in vans parked in side streets off the main procession route.

More than 5,000 soldiers are set to line the procession route and a further 2,000 police will be deployed to ensure security.

They have also been advised not to line the funeral procession route.

Below: a religious procession in the old town.

The people include a group of walkers who precede the religious procession following the relic.

The line of tall, blonde soldiers form a naturalist allegorical frieze, with connotations of a religious procession.

Religious processions took place with local heads of administrations.

Anti-clerics viewed the staging of public religious processions as a violation of civic space.

The royal procession takes place about 2pm every day.

Counter-drone equipment will line the route of the royal procession so no one can flout a ban on the gizmos.

The gates were designed and built for the people to have access and the royal procession to enter or exit, when going out in diverse directions.

The painting depicts a royal procession.

As one cluster of essays makes clear, its main cause was the spread of visual media: illustrated magazines proliferated and life - including the royal processions - could now be filmed.

The actors entered in solemn procession, led by musicians or by a prcursor (herald), and took their stand at the places appointed them.

The upper one shows a solemn procession of warriors on foot, on horses, and on two chariots.

It was preceded by a solemn procession through the principal streets of the city, the houses along the route being decorated in honour of the occasion.

Among these was a lengthy and solemn procession, held on specific feast days, that took the community to every altar and altarpiece in the monastic complex.

A solemn procession also takes place.

There are artillery salvos, drum majorettes, a torchlight procession, and bugle reveille.

The owner of the castle was honoured with a torchlight procession.

In the evening, the torchlight procession marks the first procession of the festivities.

Torchlight processions to the bonfire sometimes take place and there are usually stands for food and drink.

The party hoped to avoid issues and win through public enthusiasm, with torchlight processions and alcohol-fueled political rallies.

Although members of the public are not invited, the service will be televised and the public will be able to watch the procession from the streets.

Sixty to one hundred thousand spectators watch the procession, a parade of historical scenes and biblical stories.

Onlookers lined the streets to watch the procession.

He invites the reader to join him in watching the procession with 'prophetic' eyes.

We watched a procession of them come and go, until she eventually married a baron.

Go now and the almond blossom along the 60-mile route should still be out, as if in readiness for a wedding procession.

From behind a large tree in the nearby forest, he witnesses the slow wedding procession of the kitsune.

The traffic moves peacefully, guild members work at their trades, a wedding procession takes place, and maidens can be seen dancing gracefully.

There were special tunes, marches or riding melodies that were performed in the wedding procession, etc.

In other cases, these relatives form part of the wedding procession.