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Hundreds of guests and dignitaries gathered at Washington's National Cathedral to pay their last respects to Ronald Reagan.

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British royalty mixed with America's political elite at the send-off for a champion of the "special relationship".

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Three other former US presidents - Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton - were at the service.

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The incumbent President, George W Bush, was there to eulogise his Republican peer.

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and UK ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher were among the mourners.

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American soldiers worldwide were also marking the funeral of their former commander-in-chief with salutes.

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The casket was later flown aboard a presidential jet to California.

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Thousands lined up along the route to watch the motorcade taking Reagan's coffin to his library in Simi Valley.

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In a highly emotional speech, Reagan's adopted son Michael paid final tributes to his father

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Frail and visibly shaken Nancy Reagan was comforted by her children.

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The sun set over the Pacific Ocean and Reagan's resting place, chosen by the former president himself.