The arrival followed a slow, somber and regal procession through the Scottish countryside on Sunday. Mourners had filled city streets and lined country roads to take part in a historic farewell to the monarch who had reigned for 70 years. The hearse passed piles of flowers and other tributes as it led a seven-car convoy from Balmoral, where the queen died on Thursday aged 96, on a six-hour journey through Scottish towns to the palace in Edinburgh. The late Queen’s coffin was draped in the Royal Standard for Scotland and topped with a wreath made of flowers from the estate, including the sweet pea, one of the Queen’s favourites.

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Story continues below ad Members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland carried the coffin past the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, and into the throne room. He will remain there until Monday afternoon so that staff at the residence can pay their last respects. King Charles III and his queen consort Camilla will travel to Edinburgh on Monday to carry the coffin to St. Mary’s Cathedral. Giles on the city’s Royal Mile. The coffin will remain there for 24 hours before being taken to London on Tuesday. Crowds lined parts of the route as the nation mourns its longest-serving monarch, the only one most Britons have ever known. In the Scottish village of Ballater, where residents consider the royal family neighbors, hundreds of people watched in silence and some threw flowers in front of the hearse as it passed. “It meant so much to the people in this area. People were crying, it was amazing to see,” said Victoria Pacheco, a hostel manager. The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in the Royal Standard of Scotland, passes the City Chambers on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Sunday, September 11, 2022 on its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where it will rest for a day. (Jane Barlow/Pol Photo via AP). In every town and village the cars passed, they were met with similar subdued scenes of respect. People mostly stood in silence. some clapped politely, others pointed their phone cameras at passing cars. Story continues below ad Before arriving in the Scottish capital, the cortege travels down what is essentially a royal memory lane – passing sites steeped in House of Windsor history, including Dyce, where in 1975 the Queen officially opened the UK’s first North Sea oil pipeline Basilio and Fife near St. Andrews University, where her grandson William, now the Prince of Wales, studied and met his future wife, Catherine. Trending Stories

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Sunday’s official route in Scotland came as the Queen’s first-born son was officially named the new monarch — King Charles III — in the remaining nations of the United Kingdom: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It came a day after a lavish accession ceremony in England, steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism. “I am deeply aware of this great legacy and the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty that have now passed to me,” Charles said on Saturday. Story continues below ad Shortly before the proclamation was read out on Sunday in Edinburgh, a protester appeared with a sign condemning imperialism and urging leaders to “abolish the monarchy”, which was quickly taken away by police. The crowd applauded. A man shouted, “Let her go! It’s freedom of speech!”. while others shouted: “Have some respect.” It is a sign of how some, including the colonies of the former British Empire, are struggling with the legacy of the monarchy. Earlier, proclamations were read in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and New Zealand.

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Charles, even as he mourned his late mother, went to work at Buckingham Palace, meeting with the chief secretary and other representatives of the Commonwealth, nations facing affection for the Queen and bitterness over their colonial heritage, ranging from slavery to corporal punishment in African schools to looted objects held in British institutions. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who had begun laying the groundwork for an Australian democracy after May’s election, said on Sunday that now was the time not for change but to pay tribute to the late queen. India, a former British colony, observed a day of mourning, with flags flying at half-mast at all government buildings across the country. Story continues below ad Amidst the grief that has enveloped the House of Windsor, there have been hints of a possible family reconciliation. Prince William and his brother Harry, along with their respective wives, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, delighted mourners near Windsor Castle with a joint surprise on Saturday. The hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin passes by as it makes its journey to Edinburgh from Balmoral in Scotland, September 11, 2022. The Queen’s coffin will be carried on Sunday on a journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where he will rest before flying to London later in the week. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell). The Queen’s coffin will make a round trip back to the capital. On Monday, it will be moved from Holyroodhouse to the nearby cathedral of St. Giles, where he will remain until Tuesday, when he will be transferred to London. The coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to the Houses of Parliament to lie in state until the funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19. In Ballater, the Reverend David Barr said local people regard the royals as “neighbors” and try to treat them like locals when they spend summers in the Scottish Highlands. Story continues below ad “When she comes here and goes through these gates, I think the royal part of her is mostly left out,” he said. “And as she came in, she was able to be a wife, a loving wife, a loving mom, a loving grandmother and later a loving great-grandmother _ and aunt _ and be normal.” Elizabeth Taylor, from Aberdeen, was teary-eyed after the hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin passed through Ballater. “It was very touching. It was respectful and showed what they thought of the Queen,” he said. “She certainly gave service to this country up until a few days before her death.” © 2022 The Canadian Press