Queen Elizabeth's coffin roams Scotland, and thousands throng the streets to bid her farewell

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth was carried from her summer home in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh on Sunday, passing through tens of thousands of people lining roads and streets to bid farewell to the late Queen, many of them silent, some cheering and others crying.

Just after 9 a.m. GMT, a carriage carrying an oak casket made its way through the gates of Balmoral Castle, where the Queen died last Thursday at the age of 96, at the start of a slow procession of six hours towards the Scottish capital.

The casket was covered with the Royal Flag of Scotland, surmounted by a wreath of Balmoral flowers, including the sweet pea, which was one of the late Queen's favorite flowers.

The slow procession from Balmoral is the first in a series of events that ends with the state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19.

After the casket arrives in Edinburgh, it will be taken to the throne room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, after which it will be flown to London, where it will remain at Buckingham Palace and then the next day it will be taken to Westminster Hall, where it will remain open until the official funeral.

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