Fears that Big Ben would fall silent for 's funeral proved unfounded today after the bells rang out as planned during the final procession through central .Officials at the Houses of Parliament launched an 'urgent' investigation into the famous bell - which is housed in the Elizabeth Tower, named after Her Majesty in 2012 during her Diamond Jubilee - after it failed to strike at the start of last night's minute's silence.But Big Ben did chime 96 times - to mark the former sovereign's age - this afternoon as the coffin was taken on a gun carriage from Westminster Abbey.
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