The body of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher is to be moved to a chapel in the Palace of Westminster later, ahead of Wednesday's funeral.
A service will be held for around 100 MPs, peers and parliamentary and Downing Street staff.
MPs are also expected to vote later on whether to cancel Prime Minister's Questions in order to allow them to attend the funeral.
MPs Dennis Skinner and George Galloway are bidding to block the cancellation.
Lady Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 on 8 April, has been accorded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, one step down from a state funeral.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are among more than 2,000 people expected to attend the service at St Paul's Cathedral.
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney and ex-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will also be among the guests, Downing Street has confirmed, while 4,000 police will be on duty.
But Argentina's ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, has declined an invitation to attend.
VigilLady Thatcher's death certificate has been published, describing her occupation as "stateswoman (retired)", the Times reports.
It records that the immediate cause of death was a cardio-vascular accident coupled with repeated minor strokes.
Lady Thatcher's body will rest overnight in the Palace of Westminster's Chapel of St Mary Undercroft.
A short service will be led there by the Dean of Westminster and attended by members of the family, senior figures from both Houses of Parliament, and staff from Parliament and Downing Street who knew or worked closely with Lady Thatcher.
Afterwards, the chapel will be open for several hours in order that members of both Houses and parliamentary staff may pay their respects.
The House of Commons Speaker's chaplain will then keep vigil in the chapel through the night.
Meanwhile, two MPs, Respect's George Galloway and Labour's Dennis Skinner, have objected to plans to delay the start of Commons business on Wednesday until 14:30 BST, which would cause the cancellation of Prime Minister's Questions.
Their objection means there will have to be a debate and vote before the change to the schedule can be made. This is expected to take place between 20:00 BST and 22:00 BST.
Mr Galloway, who said he would have "a lot to say" about the "wicked and divisive" Conservative premier, has also criticised the announcement that Big Ben would fall silent for the funeral, a move which Lady Thatcher's children welcomed as a "great honour".
The motion proposing the schedule change is expected to be passed after the Labour leadership said it would not oppose it.
And a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Lady Thatcher's legacy is to be postponed until after the funeral.
Green Party and independent members had wanted to hold the discussion shortly after the service, but the main parties at Holyrood have agreed that it should be moved to Thursday.
On Wednesday morning, the Lady Thatcher's coffin will initially travel by hearse from the Palace of Westminster to the Church of St Clement Danes - the Central Church of the RAF - on the Strand.
It will then be transferred to a gun carriage and taken in procession to St Paul's.
The cathedral has published a full funeral order of service.
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The funeral procession will set out from the Palace of Westminster with Baroness Thatcher's body carried in a hearse for the first part of the journey. The coffin will be trasferred to a gun carriage at the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand.
Baroness Thatcher's body will lie overnight in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft which is found beneath St Stephen's Hall at the Palace of Westminster.
St Clement Danes
At the RAF Chapel at the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand, Baroness Thatcher's coffin will be borne in procession to St Paul's Cathedral on a gun carriage drawn by six horses of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
St Paul's Cathedral
There will be a Guard of Honour outside St Paul's as the coffin is transferred into the Cathedral by service personnel from regiments and ships closely associated with the Falklands campaign.
The ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral will be attended by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, family and friends of Baroness Thatcher, members of her cabinets and dignitaries from around the world.
Downing Street
The funeral passes Downing Street, which is found on the left of the route along Whitehall.
Baroness Thatcher was resident at Number 10 for more than ten years following her General Election victory in 1979.
Ceremonial procession
Once the procession leaves St Clement Danes, the route to St Paul's along Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill will be lined by more than 700 armed forces personnel from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, F Company Scots Guards, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and the Royal Air Force.
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