The Queen has made her final journey to Buckingham Palace, where her coffin was greeted by King Charles III and other members of the royal family, including the new Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
On Tuesday afternoon, Her Majesty left Scotland for the last time. Her coffin was taken from St Giles’s Cathedral to Edinburgh Airport, before being carried onto an RAF C-17 aircraft that transported the Queen back to London, accompanied by Princess Anne.
“I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest mother’s life,” the Princess Royal said in a statement. “It has been an honor and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys. Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting.”
On 11 September, the Queen was moved from her beloved Scottish retreat Balmoral, where she died aged 96 on September 8, as part of a four-day journey to Westminster Hall, where she will lie in state for four days ahead of her funeral on 19 September. Her Majesty’s coffin was conveyed by road from Aberdeenshire to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where it rested in the Throne Room overnight.
The following day, her coffin was moved from her official Scottish residence to St Giles’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, where the Queen lay at rest until Tuesday afternoon. Her four children—the new King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward—walked behind in procession as the cortège made the short journey across the Scottish capital. The streets of Edinburgh were lined with members of the public wishing to pay their respects.
The Crown of Scotland, which dates back to 1540, was placed on top of the Queen’s coffin in St Giles’s Cathedral, ahead of a service of thanksgiving for Her Majesty. An evening vigil, attended by the King and other senior members of the royal family, was also held at the church. Mourners queued overnight in order to file past the coffin and pay their respects to the Queen.
On arriving at Buckingham Palace on the evening of September 13, the Queen’s cortège was met with applause from members of the public gathered outside. Her Majesty’s coffin will rest in the Bow Room overnight, before being moved to Westminster Hall, where the Queen will lie in state from September 14 until the morning of September 19.
Mourners lined the streets from early on Sunday morning for the chance to pay their respects, as the Queen’s last journey got underway. The hearse drove through the gates of the Scottish estate shortly after 10 a.m., giving the public its first sighting of the monarch’s coffin. It was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and decorated with a simple wreath of white flowers. The wreath includes dahlias, sweet peas, phlox, white heather, and pine fir, all picked from the Balmoral Estate.
See the procession in pictures below.
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