Ferguson began his career on the soccer pitch, playing for Scottish clubs Queen's Park, St Johnstone, Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers, Falkirk and Ayr United.
The Duke of Gloucester, who is the second in command of the Order of St John after the Queen, is to lead a ceremony to mark the occasion.
Tuesday will be a day of pomp and ceremony, as the queen attends a service of thanksgiving at St.
The performances come from high school pupils studying at Castle Rushen, Ballakermeen, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramsey Grammar, St Ninian's and King William's College.
The Queen will be in the congregation at St Paul's Cathedral, which will be the first time she has attended the funeral of a British prime minister since that of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.
Once the parade leaves Mansion House, it will travel along Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street and pass St Paul's Cathedral.
It is less than two weeks since the Queen Mother was interred in the castle's St George's Chapel.
The current trust is made up of Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals, and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children.
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Catherine, who is six months pregnant, attended the National Review of Queen's Scouts, followed by a service at St George's Chapel in Windsor.
In Britain, the Queen joined Prime Minister Tony Blair to lead mourners at St Paul's Cathedral in London, where the US national anthem was sung.
When Prince William opted to study at the University of St Andrews in 2001, finding a future queen may not have been at the front of his mind.
Sir Mark, speaking to reporters outside Baroness Thatcher's former home in Belgravia, spoke of how "enormously proud and grateful we are that Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to attend the service next week in St Paul's".
She would also have been "humbled" by the Queen's decision to attend her funeral next Wednesday in St Paul's Cathedral, added Sir Mark.
The Queen was among mourners, including dignitaries from 112 countries, at St Paul's.
Christopher Russell-Smith, Queen Elizabeth's School, Faversham, Kent, Jordan Skittrall from St Edmunds College, Hertfordshire, Jenny Steer, Stroud High, Gloucestershire, Stephen Turgoose, Winterton Comprehensive, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.
Robert Burns , commandant, Queen Street Company, Glasgow (Hamilton, Lanarkshire) - For services to the St Andrew's Ambulance Association.
The march route has included either Queen's Bridge or Albert Bridge, both of which are close to the historic St George's Market.
The Rev Nicholas Holtam, currently vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, has been approved by the Queen to take up the post of Bishop of Salisbury.
It is exactly 100 years since Queen Victoria decreed that Irish Regiments wear a sprig of shamrock in the head dress on St Patrick's day on 17 March.
Dixey lived in St Marks Hill, Surbiton, in the 1930s before she became known as the "Queen of Striptease".
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The tower, which is 418ft (130m) tall - higher than St Paul's Cathedral in London, was built by Express Lifts and opened by the Queen in 1982.
The 418ft (130m) high Grade II-listed tower - taller than St Paul's Cathedral in London - was built by Express Lifts and opened by the Queen in 1982.
The following year, in what may have been a hint of royal displeasure, the Queen announced the traditional broadcast was being dropped in favour of televised coverage of the Christmas Day service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will open train company Eurostar's new terminal at St Pancras station and also the completed Channel Tunnel Rail Link that has enabled Eurostar trains to start and finish journeys there.
Queen's Park head coach Billy Stark, Terry Butcher, who had come in to assist Bone, and St Johnstone assistant Sandy Stewart had also all been linked with the job.
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Having defeated St Johnstone after extra-time and penalties in the Scottish Cup semi-final, Rangers will face Queen of the South on Saturday 24 May, less than 48 hours after their last league match, at Pittodrie.
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