Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin to begin journey to London

The coffin will rest in the Throne Room of Holyroodhouse until Monday afternoon for the royal household to pay their respects

Thousands are lining the route to catch a glimpse as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin begins its journey on September 11, 2022 from Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire to the late monarch’s official Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse Palace in the capital city of Edinburgh.

The coffin will rest in the Throne Room of Holyroodhouse until Monday afternoon for the royal household to pay their respects to Britain’s Queen, who died peacefully aged 96 at Balmoral on Thursday evening.

Buckingham Palace has unveiled plans for the State Funeral, which will take place at Westminster Abbey London on Monday, September 19 — declared a Bank Holiday in the U.K. Prior to the funeral, the late monarch will lie-in-state at Westminster Hall within the Houses of Parliament complex for four days, to allow the British public to pay their respects.

On Saturday, members of the royal family viewed the several thousand floral tributes and messages left for the late Queen at her residences at Windsor, Balmoral and London.

In a show of royal unity, Prince William and Kate — now the Prince and Princess of Wales — joined Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle for a walkabout at Windsor to speak to members of the public gathered at the gates of Windsor Castle.

A social media video clip shows Kate telling one group how her youngest son, Prince Louis, had said that his great grandmother was “now with great grandpa” – a reference to the Queen’s husband Prince Philip, who died last April aged 99.

It followed Charles, the former Prince of Wales, being formally proclaimed King in an ancient ceremony at St. James’s Palace during which he pledged to follow the "inspiring example" set by his late mother.