The mortal remains of Elizabeth II will be transferred this Sunday to Edinburgh

Preparations to transport the remains of Queen Elizabeth II from Scotland’s Balmoral Castle, where she died, to Scotland’s capital Edinburgh and then to London are continuing. While awaiting the state funeral, which will take place on Monday September 19 at 11:00 a.m., Britons will have the opportunity to say goodbye to their sovereign for 70 years at St Giles Cathedral, in the heart of Edinburgh, or at the Palace of Westminster, the seat of Parliament in London.

The streets of the Scottish capital have started to prepare for the arrival of the coffin tomorrow, Sunday, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the royal residence, from where it will be transferred the following day in procession to St Giles Cathedral. Police Scotland began closing access to Edinburgh’s historic center ahead of this event.

This Sunday, the coffin with the mortal remains of the Queen will leave around 10:00 a.m. local time by road from Balmoral (Scotland) to Holyroodhouse, a journey which will take several hours, since the funeral procession passes through the municipalities of Ballater, Aberdeen and Dundee. On Sunday afternoon, the coffin will remain at Holyroodhouse Residence, located opposite the Scottish Regional Parliament. On Monday, the body will be transferred to St Giles, where the coffin will remain for 24 hours, covered with the royal standard. Members of the Royal Family will follow the coffin in procession to the cathedral, where there will be a religious service, before the remains are brought to London on Tuesday.

Although it was originally planned that the coffin would be taken on the Royal Train from Edinburgh’s Waverley station to London’s King’s Cross station, this will be done on an official plane to a military base in London, in which it will travel Princess Anne, the only daughter of Elizabeth II. In the capital, the coffin will be transferred to Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the royal family, where it will remain for 24 hours.

On Wednesday, the funeral procession will leave the palace for Westminster Hall, the oldest part of Parliament. It is in this large space where the coffin will remain for four days, covered with the royal standard and guarded by the royal guards, while the population agrees to say goodbye.

On the day of the funeral, the coffin will be transported from the Palace of Westminster to the Abbey in a cannon cart, pulled by sailors with ropes. Behind the coffin will be King Charles III, the Prince of Wales, William, Heir to the Throne, and other members of the Royal Family, an event which will be watched on television by millions in the UK and in the rest of the world. . After Elizabeth II’s farewell, her remains will be taken to St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on the outskirts of London, to be laid next to those of her parents. (Eph)