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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.
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.