to her majesty the queen, there s no doubt the queen s favorite residents, she would go up there late july and stay there with the family, the family would come and go but she would always stay right there until the beginning of october and even she would always have the private weekend as well, she would go up there in may, early june spent for five days up there and when we used to bring her back from balmoral to come back to buckingham palace, there is one of the few times that you would see her and resume the work she had to do. although she carried on working in balmoral anyway. the family will have happy memories from her there, and as you say, a place that she would associate with being happy with having fun and i know you would ve witness a fair few of those fun times. balmoral was very special because the queen would picnic in the evening, barbecue with prince philip which she loved
11 o clock the state funeral at westminster abbey. for the committal service afterwards at windsor as the late queen is finally laid to rest. it will be beautifully put together, bringing together all the agencies of the state and the armed forces with the finest drill, the best pageantry and the noblest of ceremonies, it will be a great salute to a wonderful queen. the crowds have been growing with thousands and thousands expected in the coming days, bringing tributes to the queen and welcome to the new king. laura, sky news, westminster. as we ve been telling you the queen s coffin will leave balmoral at 10:00 this morning, skies greg is there for us this morning and james matthew is also on the root of the coffin, greg, to you first of all this is quite a moment for the royal family, isn t it? as the coffin leaves balmoral. yes i think very poignant
for the members of the royal family who are still here at balmoral, we saw some of them yesterday of course but also for the community and the people who work on the estate the people who work in the surrounding areas, a significant moment, the queen s coffin has been at rest inside balmoral for a number of days draped in the aretha flowers on top of it, it s been a chance for those workers on the estate, many of whom have been in service for the royal family for many years to pay their respects before the coffin begins its journey, the journey will begin at 10 am when six of the game keepers will lift that coffin and carried from the ballroom through a small dining room and then into the hurries for that journey, the symbolism there of the members of stab the people who the queen knew and worked with for so long being part of that procession is really key for those arrange what is happening here, that journey will begin they describe the scene inside
0 hurray! god save the king. thank you so much. [applause] good morning from buckingham palace, the queen s funeral cortege will leave balmoral making its way to edinburgh in what king charles described as his mother s last great journey. the final farewell to scotland, the queen s neighbors here in the village of barter, will have the opportunity to say goodbye as the cortege passes through the village. no republic referendum in my first term, in an exclusive international austria s prime minister tells sky news that there will be no break with the monarchy in the near future. it will need to continue to move with the times, but the bigger question about our constitution are not ones for this current period. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda says he will call for a referendum on the republic as the queen prepares to meet the commonwealth secretary general this morning. reunited in their grief, the new prince and princess of whales joined the duke and duchess of