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scotland where queen elizabeth ii now lies at rest at the royal family s official scottish residence. as the queen s coffin arrived following what was a six-hour journey from her balmoral estate, crowds of mourners and admirers packed the streets to pay their respects. this is or was the first leg of an eight-day journey to her final resting place in england. the public in london will also be able to pay its respects to the queen starting on wednesday afternoon at the palace of westminster where she will be lying in state until her funeral next monday. well, ahead of that, an emotional and poignant moment on sunday. princess anne, the queen s daughter curtseyed to her mother as her casket entered the palace of holyroodhouse. she had followed the hearse from balmoral to edinburgh on that 118-mile, six-hour journey. and you can see the grief reflected on the face of her daughter. the loss of the queen, of course, being felt by many across the uk. this is probably someth ....
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Holyroodhouse. and then the scottish parliament will receive a motion of condolence. during that time, it will be possible for members of the public, we understand, to view the queen s coffin at st. giles cathedral. later in the evening, the king, other royals will go back for a vigil at st. giles cathedral. so, a lot of opportunity here for members of the public to really see the royals perhaps express their feelings, their condolences as well as they walk up the street here. nic robertson is in edinburgh. thank you, nic. well, before departing for edinburgh to take part in that service for the queen, king charles iii will visit westminster hall where he ll receive condolences from both houses of parliament. on sunday he met with commonwealth leaders at buckingham palace, just some of the meetings that he is holding in his first week as monarch. ....
Queue will be continuously moving. so this will run from wednesday right through till 6:30 a.m. on the morning of the funeral monday 19th. and to try to facilitate as many people as possible. it s going to be open for 24 hours a day. now, there is guidance in times of what you can bring, what you can t bring. people will be going through airport-style security, small bags, no liquids. and advice on what people should wear and even their behavior. this is expected to be a dignified sort of behavior. silence is expected from attendees. no photos. and this is a tradition, becky, that really dates back to the 17th century. westminster hall itself is even older than that. built in 1097 on the order of william the conquerer s son. it has been 20 years since we ve seen a lying in state. that was the queen mother. for that 200,000 people attended. that really surprised organizers then. that will be dwarfed by this. hundreds of thousands are expected, possibly more than a ....
King charles was also greeted by massive crowds turned up outside buckingham palace. well, cnn correspondents are tracking all of this. anna stewart is joining us on the guidance of the queen s lying in state at westminster. first let s start with salma abdelaziz. we ll leave the details to ana as to what s happening in the days ahead. but i think it s really important that we talk about just how busy a period of time this is for britain s new monarch. no time wasted at this point. i was dizzy just looking at today s schedule just for the next few hours. you have to remember that their day begins here in london. there are events planned at westminster hall for them. they will be receiving official condolences from both houses of parliament, from the house of commons and the house of lords, and the king will have to respond in kind. then he will go up to scotland ....