continue to flock here, where the king charles the third has held meetings with diplomats from the 1a countries that recognise him as head of state. also ahead on the programme. ukraine s military says its forces have tripled the amount of territory it has retaken from russia in a little over 48 hours. and in sweden, voting in the country s general election has ended with an exit poll indicating that the prime minister s party may win slightly more seats than rivals. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the coffin of queen elizabeth is being taken on itsjourney to herfinal resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and has now arrived in edinburgh. crowds gathered along the route, as the cortege made the 175 mile journey to the palace of holyroodhouse where the coffin will remain overnight. as that was happening, proclamations formally announcing the accession of king charles iii took place in cardiff, edi
thanked mourners who ve gathered to remember the queen, including an unexpected show of unity from princes william and harry. it s sunday, the 11th of september. i m at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, the official residence of the british monarch in scotland. the queen s coffin will arrive here from balmoral later today. let s take a look at the route it will take. at around 10:00, her coffin will be carried by six of the gamekeepers from her scottish estate from the ballroom at balmoral to a hearse. from there, it will begin a six hour, 175 milejourney. the route will pass through aberdeen, then on to dundee, before finally arriving at the palace here where it will lie in the throne room until monday afternoon. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has this report. well, they have been rehearsing for the night. we have heard drums being beat, just in the last hour, we have seen much in parades in the last few minutes. judith moritz has this report on what we can expect in
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