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TV One will broadcast the Queen's memorial service for Sir Edmund Hillary tonight.
More than 1000 people are expected to pay tribute to the mountaineer - who died on January 11 - at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle today. Members of Sir Edmund's family are attending, as is a list of notables including Prime Minister Helen Clark and former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick.
The service will be screened at 11pm.