Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will depart the royal household’s Scottish vacation residence at Balmoral on Sunday morning certain for Edinburgh, the place it’ll relaxation within the Throne Room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland, till Monday afternoon. The primary leg of a days-long ceremonial journey, touring by street from Balmoral Fortress to the Scottish capital, is predicted to take round six hours.
The UK is in a interval of nationwide mourning till a state funeral, to be held on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey. Her ultimate resting place shall be in Windsor, subsequent to her husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 aged 99.
Two of the queen’s grandsons and their wives visited mourners at Windsor Fortress, simply exterior London, on Saturday. William and Catherine, the brand new Prince and Princess of Wales, appeared alongside Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, fueling hypothesis of a rapprochement between the brothers, whose relationship reportedly suffered after Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties. In a press release, William thanked his grandmother for “the kindness she confirmed my household and me” and for her instance of public service. “I knew today would come, however it will likely be a while earlier than the fact of life with out Grannie will really really feel actual,” he mentioned.
