when princess diana died, i m over people then saying that being at home just didn t cut it, they felt like they had to pay their respects and be part of what was going on here. i think we have been wondering if we would see similar scenes to what happened 25 years ago, obviously very different in character and tones and circumstances, but i think in terms of numbers we are seeing a lot of people coming out and wanting to pay their respects, wanting to be part of history, wanting to be involved. obviously we will see more of that and more emotion as the queens confident it s placed on the hearse in balmoral and begins her last journey. as greg was saying, it s poignant, how difficult do you think this will be for the royal family to see the coffin begin its journey? it s going to be an exceedingly sad day. balmoral castle meant so much
family to. dick griffin, dominic, thanks both for being here. we can take you to. balmoral. the queen s coffin will travel from there to edinburgh today and the queen will lie at rest in the palace of overnight. let s take you over to whodunnit aguero the scottish capital later on today. let me introduce a man who s been absolutely key in organizing we re going to see today, tomorrow on the next. i am joined by counselor robert aldridge. the sun is shining and the focus will be on the talks to the events that will happen. lunchtime today, about midday, there will be a proclamation of the new king from the market across which is from the middle of the royal under. for the
there is more barriers up and it s harder to get to the palace gates but people are still coming. we are expecting more and more people to come and bring flowers, make their own tributes. how there are moments. reflecting on the queen s death. meanwhile, at the events of the day focusing on scotland today. we heard from in edinburgh, talking about the journey of the queen s coffin, which will start here in balmoral where you can see now focusing on the floral tributes that are brought from people locally their. the queen s coffin it s a poignant moment for her family but also for members of the public. the coffin is then going to make 175 mile journey, arriving
the queen s coffin from balmoral. the journey will ultimately end here in london. a week on monday. that movement of the coffin, will start at 10:00 this morning. just to remind you that we will have full coverage following the root as across the scotland this morning. our international affairs editor as well as the queens former royal protection officer dick griffin. welcome back to both of you. a somber day a poignant day for the royal family, of course. people still gathering here to pay their respects but they will be people lining the route of that in scotland to. i think it s a reminder that what s happening in the run up to the funeral is a twin track process.
balmoral as one of quieted igniting and that is fitting for what will be the beginning of the queen s last journey through scotland. james matthews, year in ballot or which is on the route, are people gathering their do they want to be able to witness this moment? they are, it s early, a couple of hours to go and already you can see behind me several dozen people booking their places in the village that is a 15 minute drive from the balmoral estate. they knew the queen here they knew the royal family because the village was the queen s village, she used to come here on a regular basis, shopping. walking around the village nodding hello to the local people here, she was regarded with pride as a member of the community, let me show you attribute knitted for the queen on top of the post box in the