Mourners will be able to view the Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh next week, the City of Edinburgh Council has confirmed.
The late monarch passed away on Thursday, September 8 at her estate in Balmoral.
Tomorrow, Sunday, September 11 her coffin will be transported from the Balmoral estate to Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh by road on a six-hour journey by hearse.
This is to allow mourners to gather in the towns and villages to pay their respects.
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How to view the Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh
On Monday, at 5pm, mourners will be able to view the late monarch’s coffin, it has been confirmed.
A queuing system will be in place with security checks and restrictions on mobile phones.
Photography and recording are strictly prohibited.
Members of the public who wish to pay their respects have been warned they face long waits due to the anticipated demand.
She will lie in state at St Giles Cathedral on Edinburgh’s High Street for 24 hours and members of the royal family, including the King, will stand beside the coffin from 7.20pm in a tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes.
The Princess Royal will then accompany the Queen’s body back to London on Tuesday, September 13.
Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, Cammy Day, said he was “proud” the Scottish capital will play such a significant part in the ceremonial events over the coming days.
When is the Queen’s funeral?
Prior to the funeral on Monday, September 19, the Queen will lie in state for “four clear days” in Westminster Hall from Wednesday, September 14, a senior palace official said.
Will the Queen’s funeral be a bank holiday?
Today, Saturday, September 10, King Charles III confirmed that the day of the queen’s funeral would be a bank holiday.
The new King approved the bank holiday as part of the Day of National Mourning.
What happens in the lead-up to the Queen’s funeral?
The Queen’s oak coffin – which is currently lying at rest in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle covered in a Royal Standard of Scotland with a wreath of flowers on top – will be taken by road to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday, on a slow six-hour journey by hearse, to allow mourners to gather in the towns and villages to pay their respects.
On Monday, September 12, the coffin, which will be at rest in the Throne Room, will be taken from Holyroodhouse in procession along the Royal Mile to St Giles’s Cathedral, before being taken by air by RAF plane to London on Tuesday.
The Queen will lie in state for “four clear days” in Westminster Hall, arriving there in the afternoon of September 14, until 6.30am on the morning of her funeral, a senior palace official said.
Thousands will be able to file past to see the late monarch’s coffin, with further details about how the public can attend to be announced in the coming days.
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“Whilst, in the next few days, the King will carry out all the necessary state duties, his main focus will be leading the Royal Family, the nation, the Realms and the Commonwealth in mourning Her Majesty The Queen. This will include meeting members of the public, to share in their grief,” the spokesman said.
A spokesman for the King said the monarch’s main focus will be leading the royal family and nation in mourning over the coming days.
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