The Queen's coffin is on a six-hour 'poignant' journey
The Queen’s coffin has begun the first stage of the journey to Her Majesty's final resting place as it travels from Balmoral to Edinburgh.
Well-wishers who had waited patiently for the opportunity to pay their respects bowed their heads while others saluted as the hearse drove slowly by. It will then travel in a procession to St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, along the Royal Mile with the King and the late Queen's other children the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex following behind on foot, along with Anne's husband Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
Hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected along the route of the silent procession, similar to the state funeral of the Queen's father, King George VI, in 1952. The events are set to be “truly historic” according to Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge.
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