Queen Elizabeth II's flag-draped coffin is slowly processing through the rugged Scottish countryside on a final days-long journey from her beloved Balmoral Castle to London.
A hearse carrying the late Queen Elizabeth II's oak coffin has left her beloved Balmoral Castle on Sunday. Shirleen Allicot is in London with the latest.Queen Elizabeth II's flag-draped coffin slowly processed through the rugged Scottish countryside Sunday on a final days-long journey from her beloved Balmoral Castle to London. Mourners packed bridges and city streets and lined rural roads and highways, some tossing flowers to honor the monarch who reigned for 70 years.
"I think it is going to take a lot of adjusting that she is not here. It is quite a sudden thing. We knew she was getting frailer, but it will be a good reign for King Charles," he predicted. Before reaching the Scottish capital, the cortege traveled down what is effectively a royal memory lane - passing through locations laden with House of Windsor history. Those included Dyce, where in 1975 the queen formally opened the U.K.'s first North Sea oil pipeline, and Fife, near St. Andrews University, where her grandson Prince William, now the Prince of Wales, studied and met his future wife, Catherine.
Still, there was also some booing in Edinburgh when Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms, finished his proclamation with the words "God save the king!" Charles, even as he mourned his late mother, was getting to work at Buckingham Palace, meeting with the secretary-general and other representatives of the Commonwealth. Many in those nations are grappling with affection for the queen and lingering bitterness over their colonial legacies, which ranged from outright slavery to corporal punishment in African schools to looted artifacts held in British cultural institutions.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Queen Elizabeth II’s body leaves Balmoral, embarks on tour of Scotland and EnglandThe coffin bearing Queen Elizabeth II left Balmoral on Sunday morning and began a nine-day farewell journey to her final resting place in Windsor.
Read more »
Queen Elizabeth live updates: Queens's coffin has left BalmoralQueen Elizabeth II’s coffin left Balmoral and is making its way to Edinburgh. The 175-mile drive to Edinburgh should take the motorcade accompanying her coffin about six hours to travel there. Follow live updates:
Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves her beloved BalmoralQueen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves her beloved BalmoralQueen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves her beloved BalmoralQueen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves her beloved BalmoralQueen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
Read more »