The Queen’s coffin had been resting within the ballroom at Balmoral Fort, the place property workers may pay their final respects, a senior palace official stated.
At 10 a.m. native time (5 a.m. ET) the coffin left Balmoral for a six-hour journey by way of Scotland to the official Scottish residence of the British royal household.
It’s scheduled to journey by way of the village of Ballater and the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee, earlier than making its approach down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
The coffin will then arrive on the forecourt of Palace of Holyroodhouse, the place it will likely be taken in to relaxation within the Throne Room. Regional proclamations will happen throughout Cardiff Fort, in Wales, Hillsborough Fort, in Northern Eire and Edinburgh Fort.
On Monday, the coffin shall be taken in procession from the palace to St Giles’ Cathedral, the place it can lie at relaxation till Tuesday.
The coffin will then be moved from Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London.
On Wednesday, the coffin shall be moved once more, from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor for the mendacity in state, which can finish on the morning of the state funeral.
On the morning of September 19 — a public vacation throughout the UK — the Queen’s mendacity in state will finish. The coffin will then journey in procession as soon as extra to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral.
After the funeral, the coffin shall be taken once more in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. From there, it can journey to Windsor. As soon as in Windsor, the hearse will journey to St George’s Chapel in Windsor Fort for the committal service.
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