Mourners will continue to pass the coffin at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh until 3pm after it was taken there in a procession yesterday. Its journey south will then begin as the cortege makes its way to Edinburgh Airport through the streets of the Scottish capital. The route will start along Lawnmarket to Johnston Terrace and then to Castle Terrace and Lothian Road. From there it will travel along Queensferry Road, Dean Bridge, Queensferry Road, Maybury Road and then Turnhouse Road, before arriving at Edinburgh Airport. Some of these roads will be closed to the public to allow the whole thing to pass through. Read more: Directions to Queen’s lie-in-stateAll Queen’s children together for first time behind coffinEx-soldier is first in line to see Queen’s coffin Cammy Day, leader of Edinburgh council, said the city would “look back with enormous pride at the role we played in hosting these important events as the world watched”. He added: “As we say goodbye to Her Majesty and welcome our new sovereign King Charles III, I want to pay tribute to the incredible support shown by the public and our communities over the past few days, truly capturing the Queen’s spirit. and its connection with Scotland and Edinburgh’. The trip to London The coffin will be placed on an aircraft amid a guard of honor from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, as well as a royal salute from the regimental band and a verse of the national anthem. This will then be followed by a flight to RAF Northolt in North West London. On arrival, the coffin will be removed from the plane by a pallbearer in the state hearse, with a guard of honor formed by the Queen’s Color Squadron. Those looking for a glimpse of the monarch on her final journey will be able to see the motorcade heading east from Northolt along the A40 to Paddington. From there, the hearse will head along Bayswater Road, past Marble Arch and down Park Lane. The group will then walk down Constitution Hill and through the Main Gate of Buckingham Palace. The coffin will lie in state in the Bow Room overnight and on Wednesday it will be moved to Westminster Hall to lie in state, where hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected to pay their respects until Monday morning – the day of the Queen’s funeral.
