Royal trainer Chris Waller set to attend the Queen's funeral

Royal trainer Chris Waller will be among those in attendance at the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Waller, who landed the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot this year with the brilliant Nature Strip, trained Chalk Stream for the Queen, who sent a small number of horses to be raced in Australia in recent years.

Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed Waller would be one of ten invited to represent Australia at the state funeral "at the Palace's invitation" as a reflection of their "extraordinary contributions to their communities".

Speaking on Australian radio station 2GB on Tuesday, Waller said: "She was such an amazing lady. She just loved her animals, her racehorses and she was so caring and curious about how the horses were training, their idiosyncrasies.

"She loved Australia, she loved her people and what they did – be it horses, dogs or the equestrian side of things."

As well as training Chalk Stream for the Queen, New Zealand-born Waller, who handled the outstanding mare Winx, would regularly speak with the late monarch and once joined the Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle.

Chalk Stream: won four times for the Queen in Britain before moving to AustraliaCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

A guestlist of around 2,000 people is predicted for the Queen's state funeral on Monday, although the names on the list – including whether there are any racing representatives – have yet to be revealed.

Space is set to be at a premium at Westminster Abbey according to a document circulated to overseas embassies by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that has been seen by Politico.

In addition, foreign leaders have been asked to take commercial flights to Britain for the funeral and will be put on coaches together before being driven to Westminster Abbey, for security reasons.

There will be no racing in Britain on Monday, which has been made a bank holiday, to allow "everyone involved in British racing the opportunity to mourn Her Late Majesty’s passing and offer thanks for her contribution to our sport and the nation", the BHA said last week.

Following the Queen's death on Thursday, racing was immediately cancelled at Southwell and Chelmsford, while fixtures on Friday and Saturday were also called off with the St Leger moved to Doncaster on Sunday.