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four days after the death of queen elizabeth ii, at her scottish estate, the eyes of millions of people throughout scotland, the united kingdom, the commonwealth and beyond are fixed on the city of edinburgh this afternoon as the people of the country her majesty loved so much have their opportunity to say farewell. flags are at half mast, and there s a palpable sense of respectful remembrance around the capital, a city the late queen knew so well. back injuly, when the queen s health was already giving cause for concern, she nonetheless decided that the annual summer stay at balmoral castle in aberdeenshire would go ahead as planned. and so she undertook the journey she d made countless times over the long years of her life, from windsor to her scottish estate, a place full of happy memories for her majesty and the royal family. later this afternoon, the focus of the day s formal events will be a service at st giles cathedral, or the high kirk of edinburgh. a place of worsh ....
City so much of its character. like the castle on the hill, where 21 gun salute has been fired for the king. royal mill, up the royal mile, up which the procession will go to the castle, the castle esplanade, and then the fortress itself, beautiful progress through the old town. in past times it was the complete city, really. the protection of the castle round the castle rock, till the great newtown of the 18th century was built, across the space where there is waverley station and other things. the lord provost will hand the king the keys of the city, which ....