The coffin bearing Queen Elizabeth II left Balmoral on Sunday morning and began a nine-day farewell journey to her final resting place in Windsor.
A hearse carrying Her Majesty’s body left the Scottish castle at 10 a.m. local time and was scheduled to drive slowly for more than 175 miles to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Her coffin was set to lie in the Throne Room at the Scottish royal manor before being taken St. Giles’ Cathedral Monday in a procession that includes newly ascended King Charles III. Queen Elizabeth II will lie in rest at the cathedral for 24 hours and members of the public will be able to hold vigil at her coffin.
On Tuesday, the late queen’s only daughter Princess Anne is expected to escort her mother’s body to London via plane.The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth passes through the village of Ballater, near Balmoral, Scotland on Sept. 11, 2022.People line the street waiting for the funeral cortege carrying Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in the village of Ballater, following the Queen’s passing, near Balmoral, Scotland on Sept. 11, 2022.
The coffin will then lie in state for four full days under 24-hour guard by British soldiers before begin taken in a procession to Westminster Abbey for aThe late monarch will then be taken to Windsor Chapel and interred at it St George’s Chapel.She will be laid to rest near her parents, and the body of her late husband Prince Philip, who
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