Devoted Princess Anne is making a poignant journey with the late Queen’s coffin from Scotland to London.
The Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attended a prayer service at St Giles’ Cathedral earlier than leaving with the oak coffin simply earlier than 4.30pm.
The royal cortege is now making its approach to Edinburgh Airport. Crowds lined the streets and well-wishers may very well be heard applauding in transferring scenes.Â
At 6pm, the late Queen will depart Scotland for the final time accompanied by her daughter.
Anne was at Balmoral when her mom peacefully handed away aged 96 final Thursday. She made the emotional 180-mile journey behind the late Queen’s coffin from the fortress on Royal Deeside to Edinburgh on Sunday.
The coffin can be flown this night from Edinburgh Airport to London on an RAF Globemaster C-17 flight.
From there it is going to be transported to Buckingham Palace on a state hearse.
The King and Queen Consort will obtain the coffin on the royal residence the place the late Queen spent so a lot of her a long time on the throne.
The Prince and Princess of Wales can even be on the Palace in central London.
A guard of honour fashioned of three officers and 96 troopers from The King’s Guard can be mounted within the Quadrangle.
Navy instructions, normally shouted, can be given as quietly as doable in honour of the solemn event.
The coffin can be carried by a bearer occasion to the Bow Room the place a sovereign’s piper will play a lament.
It’s going to stay within the Bow Room in a single day earlier than a procession on Wednesday to Westminster Corridor for the beginning of the mendacity in state.
Some 300 law enforcement officials are stationed on the roads surrounding RAF Northolt forward of the arrival of the Queen’s coffin by aircraft there on Tuesday night.
One officer is stood per 20 yards as a part of safety preparations, as large crowds are anticipated to look at the flight from the roads, the RAF has mentioned.
Members of the general public are already queueing for the Queen’s mendacity in state which opens tomorrow.
Earlier at present, Charles visited Northern Eire with Camilla as a part of his Operation Spring Tide tour across the UK.
The King and Queen Consort touched down in Belfast earlier than travelling to Hillsborough Citadel in Co Down, the royal residence in Northern Eire, for a number of engagements.
They held a personal viewers with the brand new Northern Eire Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, in addition to assembly representatives of political events within the area.
The couple then obtained a message of condolence on behalf of the folks of Northern Eire from the speaker of the Stormont Meeting Alex Maskey.
They went on to a reception on the fortress, hosted by Mr Heaton-Harris, which some members of the general public additionally attended.
Charles and Camilla then travelled to St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast the place they attended a service of reflection for the lifetime of the Queen.
The King and Queen Consort ended the packed go to with a walkabout at Writers’ Sq..
On Monday, each Homes of Parliament gathered at Westminster Corridor in London to precise their condolences to Charles.
He later travelled north of the border and led members of the Royal Household in a procession in Edinburgh behind the Queen’s coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral.
The late Queen’s coffin stood on public view within the place of worship for twenty-four hours with hundreds of individuals solemnly strolling previous to pay their respects to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch.Â
