The Queen's coffin is in London, in her Buckingham Palace. From tomorrow four days of gifts

For the last time at

, symbol of the power and prestige linked to its name by all British subjects: the long farewell to Elizabeth II, queen par excellence in the eyes of the world over the seventy years that have seen her reign , today was marked by another stage, with the definitive return home to London.

Here, on the streets of the city, she was accompanied by wings of the crowd who applauded as the coffin passed.

Now her remains lie beyond the gates of that palace, her official residence in the heart of the English capital, ever since she took the throne of St. James in 1952 when she was just 26 years old. homage in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

She accompanied by the emotion and homage of a people who are pouring into the streets of the country, the same people who, no more than three months ago, celebrated it on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee for a record reign.

In the Scottish cathedral, in just 24 hours, his remains were greeted by more than 26,000 people, many of them in tears, for the first of the mortuary that will precede the funeral (next Monday, September 19).

The homage was held in that Scotland divided between republican thrusts and sincere affection for a sovereign who often loved to go to her private residences (first of all, the castle of Balmoral, where she died last Thursday at the age of 96) .

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The hearse on the streets of London

The last trip from Edinburgh to London

From the center of Edinburgh the coffin of Elizabeth II, wrapped in the royal banner, was transferred to the airport.

Here, to the sound of the military honors of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, she was loaded onto an RAF C-17 Globemaster freighter (on board of which her daughter, Princess Anne boarded) for the journey to Northolt base, where it landed. at 6.45pm (London time).

From here the journey to Buckingham Palace.

Appetizer of another crowd, in anticipation of the real one: of the millions of people expected from tomorrow, when the bier will be exhibited for four days to pay tribute to those who want to queue, for hours, at Westminster Hall.

Until the eve of the solemn state funeral, which will close with the burial of George VI's daughter in Windsor Castle, at St George's Chapel.

Tonight Elizabeth will still be watching over her family, children and grandchildren.

King Charles III in the lead, who welcomed her on a rainy evening at Buckingham Palace, together with Queen consort Camilla, who had just returned from Northern Ireland.

In Belfast, in fact, the second stage, after the Scottish one, of a first tour as the new monarch of Charles was held, visiting the nations of which the United Kingdom is made up.

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Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves RAF Northolt, west London.

At Buckingham Palace he will spend the night in the Bow Room

The funeral on Monday 19th, excluding Russia

from every corner of the planet

have already been invited to the funeral , including heads of state and government such as the leader of the White House,

, for the US, and President

for Italy.

There will also be French President Emmanuel

, Japanese Emperor

, Israeli President Isaac

.

Among the reigning heads awaited King Philip and Queen Matilda of Belgium, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, King William Alexander and Queen Maxima of Holland, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, the princes of Monaco, Albert and Charlene.

There will also be Felipe VI's father, Juan Carlos, who abdicated in 2014, present with his wife Sofia.

On the other hand, the participations of any representation of the Russian Federation of Vladimir Putin are excluded: put on the index without surprises at the behest of the Tory government of the new premier Liz Truss due to the war in Ukraine, like its ally Belarus and coup-stricken Burma .