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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.

Elizabeth Sabey, 43, explained to the BBC her reasoning for lining up for the visit on a number of occasions in Edinburgh, saying that theres something divine there and its deeply moving.

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.

A single ray of sunshine from the heavens has been captured on camera shining down on Queen Elizabeth IIs coffin, during a procession to transport her to St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

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.

The Queen has arrived at Buckingham Palace for the final time, where she is being received by King Charles III and the entire Royal Family including the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

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.

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.