Queen Elizabeth II's coffin to be flown from Scotland to London ahead of state funeral

London — Mourners were lined up Tuesday in Scotland's capital to try and pay their respects in person to Queen Elizabeth II, as the late monarch lied in state in Edinburgh's St. Giles' Cathedral. Later Tuesday, the queen's coffin was to be flown to London aboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster, accompanied by her sister Princess Anne, and then brought to Buckingham Palace.

Lines were already forming in central London, meanwhile, with hundreds of thousands expected to wait hours for an opportunity to see the queen's coffin later this week as it lies in state at Westminster Hall.

Two women, Grace and Vanessa, said they had already taken their place in the line, waiting overnight to pay their respects a full day before the queen's coffin was even due to arrive at Westminster.