Silence, some tears and applause as Edinburgh bids final farewell to the Queen

Record ID: 1688630

  • Title: Silence, some tears and applause as Edinburgh bids final farewell to the Queen
  • Date: 13th September 2022
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF MARCHING BAND WOMAN CAPTURING SCENE ON PHONE DOGS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ONLOOKER ROBERT, 68 YEARS OLD, SHIELDS, SAYING: ROBERT: "We finally got through Saint Giles' just before midnight. So we had six hours on our feet then and then we came here to watch the exit from Saint Giles' at about 1:00 this afternoon. So we've been standing here and the crowd have been just wonderful. , and we've met so many people. We are going to continue to see them again, I think, I hope, so we're going to be exchanging photographs. No, I think it's just wonderful and what an advert for Scotland. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ONLOOKER ALICE SHIELDS, 65 YEARS OLD, SAYING: "A lot of memories, sad and happy. And we're just very proud to have been here." SECURITY ON TOP OF BUILDING OPEN ROAD SECURITY ON TOP OF BUILDING VARIOUS OF POLICE KEEPING ROAD CLEAR FOR HEARSE TO PASS HEARSE PASSING ONLOOKERS SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ONLOOKER JONATHAN FOX, 37 YEARS OLD, SAYING: "I get the feeling that she was loved by everyone here. I had no idea how much love the people had for her in Scotland. So it is affecting." GIRLS HEAD RESTING ON WOMAN'S SHOULDER
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2022 18:27
  • Keywords: Edinburgh London Queen funeral hearse
  • Location: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Royals
  • Reuters ID: LVA003502413092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon (September 13) bid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth as the hearse left St Giles' Cathedral on its way to London.
    Despite significantly smaller crowds than when the coffin arrived on Sunday (September 11), the Royal Mile around the Cathedral was still packed.
    As with all the other days, the crowd turned silent when the hearse appeared, breaking into applause as it then passed.
    "We'll remember those days for the rest of our lives," retiree Lorraine Wilson said after the hearse was on its way to London.
    Queen Elizabeth's coffin will be flown to London at the end of 24 hours of lying at rest in Edinburgh's historic cathedral, where her son King Charles and his three siblings held a silent vigil.
    Charles was joined by his sister Anne and brothers Andrew and Edward for the 10 minute vigil on Monday at St Giles' Cathedral, where they stood, heads bowed, at the four sides of the coffin while members of the public filed past to pay their respects.
    Elizabeth died on Thursday in her holiday home at Balmoral, in the Scottish Highlands, at the age of 96 after a 70-year reign.
    In London, huge numbers of people have left flowers and messages in the grounds of royal parks.
    The queen's coffin will leave Scotland for the first time since her death when it is flown to London in the evening and then driven to Buckingham Palace.
    On Wednesday, it will be taken on a gun carriage as part of a grand military procession to Westminster Hall where a period of lying in state will begin until Sept. 19 - the day of the funeral.
    (Production: Marco Trujillo, Oliver Barth, Natalie Thomas, Tanya Wood, Adrian Tuckwell, Hung Trinh)
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