Queen’s coffin begins journey from her beloved Balmoral to its final resting place
ok.co.ukThe Queen’s coffin has begun its journey to its final resting place as it travels from Balmoral to Edinburgh. Draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland and with a wreath of flowers on top, it has remained at rest in the Balmoral ballroom so that the late monarch’s loyal Balmoral estate workers can say their last goodbyes.
The oak coffin was lifted into a hearse by six of the estate’s gamekeepers, who have been tasked with the symbolic gesture, ready for a six-hour journey to Edinburgh.The Queen was played out of Balmoral by her piper.
The hearse was accompanied by her daughter Anne, Princess Royal. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the “poignant” journey, which will see the Queen’s coffin transported to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, would give the public a chance to come together to “mark our country’s shared loss”.
Well-wishers are expected to gather along the route the cortege will take as it travels from Balmoral to the Scottish capital.
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