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Wearing a kilt and paraphrasing the poet Robert Burns, the King drew on his late mother’s love of Scotland in his first address in Holyrood as monarch.

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.

Mourners made a last-minute dash to pay their final respects to the Queen in Edinburgh before her coffin is flown to London today - after thousands of well-wishers said farewell to the monarch.

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.

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the story of a "tense" experience while she was staying at Balmoral.

Nicola Sturgeon told King Charles she treasures her memories of time spent with the Queen.

The First Minister told of how Peter Murrell stopped the dog, a puppy named Sandy, from chewing through a lamp switch after a light began to flicker at Balmoral.

Wearing a kilt and paraphrasing the poet Robert Burns, the King drew on his late mother’s love of Scotland in his first address in Holyrood as monarch.