Her body will be taken today from Balmoral to the Palace in Edinburgh, a slow journey of around six hours and 280 kilometres.
Today she begins her last journey Queen Elizabethwhich will end at Westminster Abbey next Monday, September 19 with her funeral service.
Her body will be taken today from Balmoral to the Palace in Edinburgh, a slow journey of around six hours and 280km.
Before ending up in Edinburgh it will pass through the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
The coffin will lie overnight in the Throne Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the British monarch’s official residence in the Scottish capital. Palace staff members will pay their respects.
On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will be flown to London on an RAF Northolt plane, departing from Edinburgh Airport.
Her body Queen Elizabeth will be accompanied by her only daughter, Princess Anne, as announced by Buckingham Palace.
The coffin containing the Queen’s body is expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace at 8pm on Tuesday, where King Charles III and Queen Camilla will watch its arrival.
Overnight Elizabeth’s body will lie in state at Buckingham Palace in the Bow Room.
Yesterday, Prince William, heir to the British throne, said he would support his father King Charles III “in every possible way” in honor of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.
“I knew this day would come, but I need time to get used to the reality of life without Grandma,” Prince William said in a statement.
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