London — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II has arrived again at Buckingham Palace, the Associated Press reported. Earlier Tuesday, the late monarch left Scotland for the ultimate time.
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A navy C-17 Globemaster carrying the queen’s stays touched down Tuesday night at RAF Northolt, an air drive base within the west of London, about an hour after it left Edinburgh, Scotland, the Associated Press reported. The State Hearse carrying the coffin made its method by way of the wet streets of London, the place crowds of mourners lined as much as pay their respects.
Earlier within the day, crowds stuffed Scotland’s capital to pay their respects to the queen in particular person.
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Hundreds of 1000’s are anticipated to attend hours for a possibility to see the queen’s coffin later this week because it lies in state at Westminster Hall.
The casket earlier was taken from St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, after it was carried in a solemn procession by way of the Scottish capital to hushed crowds.
At the airport, because the Royal Regiment of Scotland, in ceremonial kilts, seemed on, a Royal Air Force bearer occasion carried the coffin slowly on board.
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The revamped national anthem was performed because the airplane taxied to the runway and the queen, who died at her beloved Balmoral dwelling within the Highlands final week aged 96, left Scotland for the ultimate time.
The late monarch will first be dropped at Buckingham Palace for the night time earlier than being transported to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, the place some well-wishers have been queueing for twenty-four hours already to bid farewell to Britain’s longest-serving sovereign.
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Two girls, Grace and Vanessa, stated they’d already taken their place within the line, ready in a single day to pay their respects a full day earlier than the queen’s coffin was even resulting from arrive at Westminster.
“This morning, we went to the actual rehearsal of Her Majesty’s coffin going into Westminster Hall. It was heartbreaking, the solemnness of the occasion,” Grace instructed the BBC. “I think the whole nation is going to be heartbroken and in floods of tears. We were.”
“This is the way we want to pay respect to the queen, who has done a great service to the country and the commonwealth and the world,” Vanessa stated.
The coffin can be transported by hearse to Buckingham Palace within the coronary heart of the capital. On Wednesday, the queen’s coffin can be moved in a procession the brief distance from the palace to Westminster Hall, the place the late monarch will lie in state till her state funeral on Monday.
King Charles III, alongside his spouse Camilla, the queen consort, had been visiting Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday. They will meet politicians and non secular leaders and attend a service at St. Anne’s Cathedral earlier than returning to London later within the day.
AFP contributed to this report.
