Further details were confirmed on Saturday on the carefully choreographed London Bridge plans
The Queen’s oak coffin – which is lying in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle – will be taken by road to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday, September 11, on a slow six hour journey by hearse, to allow mourners gathered in the towns and villages to pay their respects.
The Queen will lie in state “four clear days” in Westminster Hall, arriving there on Wednesday, September 14 until 6.30am on the morning of her funeral, a senior palace official said.
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