Live Update: Queen’s Coffin Leaves Balmoral For Edinburgh, With Thousands Lining Route

Summary

1. The Queen’s coffin has left her beloved Balmoral Castle as she begins her final journey
2. The funeral cortege will make a six-hour journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh, passing through Aberdeen and Dundee
3. Thousands of people are expected to line the route as the late monarch is driven to the Palace of Holyroodhouse
4. The coffin will arrive in London on Tuesday, and the Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday
5. The Queen’s funeral will be held in London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September – it will be a Bank Holiday
6. Charles III was proclaimed King at an elaborate ceremony in London on Saturday
7. Princes William and Harry, and their wives Kate and Meghan, met crowds at Windsor in an unexpected joint appearance later in the day