The Queen's coffin shall be transported from Balmoral to Edinburgh at this time (September 11) three days after the dying of Britain's longest reigning monarch.
The six-hour journey beginning Sunday morning is step one of a extremely choreographed plan to return Queen Elizabeth II to London earlier than her funeral. Effectively-wishers are anticipated to line up alongside the 175 mile path to Holyrood.
Members of the general public could have an opportunity to pay their respects when the Queen's coffin is moved to St Giles' Cathedral on the Royal Mile on September 12.
Sunday marks D-Day +2, or D+2, within the plans for the aftermath of the dying, codenamed London Bridge. That is because of the announcement happening late on Thursday, which means plans had been shifted a day to permit the complicated preparations to be put in place.
Right here is the timeline of occasions which might be anticipated to happen at this time following the Queen's dying.
Sunday, September 11
– 10:00: The cortege is predicted to depart Balmoral Fort the place the Queen died on Thursday.
Effectively-wishers are anticipated to assemble alongside the route the cortege will take because it travels from Balmoral to the Scottish capital.
– 10:12: It is going to first head to the close by city of Ballater in Aberdeenshire, passing alongside the A93.
Tributes shall be led by the Lord-Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire, in addition to senior officers and councillors. The cortege will then journey alongside the A93, by Aboyne, Banchory and Drumoak.
– 11:20: It's then anticipated to reach in Aberdeen about an hour later, the place the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, in his position as Lord-Lieutenant, will lead a tribute at Duthie Park.
– 14:00: The cortege will arrive in Dundee at about 2pm, after travelling south alongside the A90.
Members of the general public are being invited to pay their respects in protected standing areas alongside the A90 Forfar Highway and Kingsway.
– 16:00: The cortege will then head to Edinburgh, the place First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and different social gathering leaders in Scotland are anticipated to watch the coffin because it goes previous the Scottish parliament.
All of the pavements alongside the route from the north of the town to the Scottish parliament shall be lined with boundaries to permit the general public to view from there.
From there, the coffin shall be taken into the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the place it should stay for the evening.
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