Sometimes moved to tears, tens of thousands of people gathered along Scottish roads on Sunday to greet the coffin of Elizabeth II, who left the Balmoral estate to reach Edinburgh, beginning her last journey until her state funeral. in London.

The coffin, draped in the Scottish royal standard on which had been laid a wreath of white heather, was carried inside the palace in front of three of his four children: Edward, Andrew and Anne, who curtseyed as they passed of his late mother.

A religious ceremony is taking place on Monday, which King Charles III will attend, one kilometer from Holyroodhouse, in Saint-Gilles Cathedral.


Directed by:

Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • Several thousand people paid tribute to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II by praying as her coffin passed during the journey between Balmoral and Edinburgh.

  • Shortly after 10 a.m. local time, 11 a.m. in Paris, the royal hearse, the first of a procession of seven vehicles, passed through the gates of the Balmoral residence.

  • His oak coffin was covered with the Scottish royal standard on which had been placed a wreath of white heather.

  • The hearse then passed through Ballater, a village very close to the castle, where the queen - who had been coming to Balmoral since her childhood - was very well known.

  • In the main street, the coffin was welcomed by a guard of honor formed by the gathered crowd.

  • The cortege then performed one after a journey of almost 300 kilometers.

  • The royal coffin arrived in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, shortly before 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. in Paris).

  • When his coffin arrived in Edinburgh, several thousand people were present on the Royal Mile, after hours of waiting.

  • On their phones, the lucky ones spared by the saturation of the mobile network follow the progress of the convoy live to Holyroodhouse, the official palace of the monarchy in the Scottish capital.

  • The coffin was to spend the night in the throne room.

  • Three of the sovereign's four children were present: Edward, Andrew and Anne.

  • Eight military pallbearers, followed in particular by the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne and her husband Tim Laurence, carried the remains into the throne room.

  • Princess Anne curtsied as her late mother passed.

  • A religious ceremony is taking place on Monday, which King Charles III will attend, one kilometer from Holyroodhouse, in Saint-Gilles Cathedral.

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