President George HW Bush's final journey to Washington DC

President George HW Bush's body will lie in state this week ahead of a day of national mourning.

The coffin is being flown from Texas to Washington DC on board Air Force One - temporarily renamed Special Air Mission 41, in homage to the late president.

He will be buried at the Bush presidential library on Thursday.

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