Coffin arrives in London at RAF Northolt after journey from Edinburg
Mourners are camping out in capital ahead of Lying-in-State procession
The Queen’s coffin has arrived in London on a flight from Scotland, escorted by the Princess Royal.
A RAF C17 aircraft carrying the casket has touched down at RAF Northolt in west London following a flight from Edinburgh.
It will shortly be taken to Buckingham Palace where it will be met by King Charles III and other members of the Royal family, including the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex.
The king has arrived back in London separately after a visit to Northern Ireland as part of his tour of the UK following his mother’s death.
He said the Queen had “never ceased to pray for the best of times for this place and its people”.
The Queen’s coffin will stay overnight in Buckingham Palace before it lies in state in Westminster Hall until the funeral on Monday.
The Queen’s coffin will arrive at RAF Northolt in west London at about 7pm before being transported to the palace in a state hearse.
Mourners have already started camping out ahead of the Lying-in-State procession which will take place on Wednesday afternoon in Westminster.
The procession will start at Buckingham Palace at 2.22pm and will proceed along The Mall, Horse Guards Road, across Horse Guards Parade and onto Whitehall to Parliament Square and into the Palace of Westminster.
The Queen’s coffin will stay overnight in Buckingham Palace before it lies in state in Westminster Hall until the funeral on Monday.
The Queen’s coffin will arrive at RAF Northolt in west London at about 7pm before being transported to the palace in a state hearse.
Mourners have already started camping out ahead of the Lying-in-State procession which will take place on Wednesday afternoon in Westminster.
The procession will start at Buckingham Palace at 2.22pm and will proceed along The Mall, Horse Guards Road, across Horse Guards Parade and onto Whitehall to Parliament Square and into the Palace of Westminster.
Queen’s coffin arrives in London
The RAF aircraft carrying the Queen’s coffin and the Princess Royal and her husband has touched down at RAF Norholt in west London.
Preparations begin at RAF Northolt
The bearer party from the Queen’s Colour Squadron march into position as they await the Queen’s coffin at RAF Northolt in west London, from where it will be taken to Buckingham Palace to lie at rest overnight in the Bow Room.
Princess Royal: ‘An honour and privilege’ to accompany Queen
The Princess Royal, who is accompanying the Queen’s coffin on the journey from Scotland to London, has issued a statement paying tribute to her late mother.
“It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys,” she said.
The Queen’s coffin: Journey through London
People have started lining the A40 Westway in London ahead of the arrival of the Queen’s coffin.
It is travelling from Edinburgh and is set to arrive at RAF Northolt in west London this evening.
The Queen’s coffin will be driven up the A40 before reaching central London, where it will travel past Lancaster Gate and Hyde Park Corner before arriving at Buckingham Palace.
The full route is:
- A40
- Eastbourne Terrace
- Lancaster Gate
- Bayswater Road
- Marble Arch
- Park Lane
- Hyde Park Corner
- Constitution Hill
- Buckingham Palace
Pictured: King Charles III arrives in London
People gather along the A40 to see Queen’s coffin
In Perivale, west London, people are gathering along the A40, along which a state hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin is expected to drive after it lands at nearby RAF Northolt.
Marcus, who was waiting on the roadside with his parents Paul and Dorota James, said: “It feels like she was a part of all of us, she was absolutely a part of all of us, she made all of us.
“She was like everyone’s grandmother.”
Mr James, 52, added: “I think it is going to be hard to visit her coffin in Westminster so this is the last chance we will get to see it.”
Earlier King Charles III passed the waiting crowd.
Pictured: Crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace
People have gathered outside Buckingham Palace despite the rain to catch a glimps of the Queen’s coffin as it arrives from Edinburgh on Tuesday evening.
Queen’s coffin leaves Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral
Queen Elizabeth II Death Live Updates: King Charles, who visited Northern Ireland today will receive the coffin in London.
Queen Elizabeth Death Live Updates: Queen Elizabeth’s coffin has been escorted out of Edinburgh’s St Gile’s Cathedral and is now on its way to the airport from where it will be flown to London. The coffin was at the cathedral for 24 hours, where the public paid tributes to the late queen. King Charles, who visited Northern Ireland today will receive the coffin in London.
Meanwhile, King Charles III on Tuesday reaffirmed his vow to follow the “shining example” set by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in a speech at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland during his state mourning tour of all parts of the United Kingdom. The 73-year-old monarch went on a brief walkabout in Hillsborough shortly after landing in Belfast for what is the first visit to the devolved nation by a British King in nearly 80 years.
In his first official since Queen Elizabeth’s death, her grandson Prince Harry hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity. The personal statement, posted Monday on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website, said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
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The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was carried out of St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Tuesday to begin her final journey through Scotland to a Royal Air Force plane that will carry her back to London.
A bagpiper played as the flag-draped coffin was carried out of the cathedral and crowds again lined the Royal Mile through the historic heart of Edinburgh to watch as the coffin, accompanied by the queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, was driven away.
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Hotel prices in London and airfares to the British capital are soaring as hundreds of thousands of people flock there ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, potentially providing some respite to the city’s tourism business amid economic woes.
The death of the queen, 96, on Sept. 8 ended a 70-year run on the throne that made her Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and one of the world’s most recognisable faces as the only British monarch most living people have ever known.
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A woman in Edinburgh holding a sign reading “F– imperialism, abolish the monarchy” was charged with a breach of the peace. A man faced the same charge after he heckled Prince Andrew as the queen’s hearse travelled through the Scottish capital.
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Britain’s King Charles said on Tuesday he would seek the welfare of the people of Northern Ireland, taking up the example of his mother late Queen Elizabeth.
“I take up my new duties resolved to seek the welfare of all the inhabitants of Northern Ireland,” Charles said, recalling the “shining example” set by his mother.
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Officials said the funeral next Monday, to be held at London’s Westminster Abbey, will be the biggest international event Britain has hosted in decades.
US President Joe Biden was among the first to announce that he would be flying in with his wife, Jill Biden. The leaders of most Commonwealth countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada, are also expected to attend.
France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italy’s Sergio Mattarella, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro are among the presidents attending.
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