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Pensioners slept on benches, others caught up on rest in camping chairs or even sat on pavements or chose to go without sleep at all to be among those to enter St Giles Cathedral.

Respectful well-wishers have been overcome with emotion, after queueing for hours through the streets of the Scottish capital. A poignant vigil was held inside St Giles Cathedral this evening.

His Majesty will touch down in Belfast for his 40th visit to the province - but it is his first as King, and his saddest. This evening the Queen will leave her beloved Scotland for the last time.

There was nothing phoney in the sight of those tremendous crowds, silent for the most part, in their paying homage to Queen Elizabeth II

A wreath on the coffin contained nine different types of flower.

A wreath on the coffin contained nine different types of flower.

Tens of thousands of Scots have begun to pay their respects to the Queen, with some weeping and brushing away their tears after filing past her coffin in Edinburgh.

A wreath on the coffin contained nine different types of flower.

King Charles III, Anne, the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward each stood on one of the four corners of the coffin with their heads bowed.

Tears began to fill the eyes of an emotional King Charles III as he and his mournful siblings held a 10-minute vigil for their late mother the Queen in Edinburgh - before smiling and waving at royal fans.