WRAP: Queen's cortege leaves her beloved Scotland for Buckingham Palace

Record ID: 1688758

  • Title: WRAP: Queen's cortege leaves her beloved Scotland for Buckingham Palace
  • Date: 13th September 2022
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) HEARSE APPROACHING BUCKINGHAM PALACE PEOPLE IN CROWD WATCHING AS HEARSE DRIVES PAST PEOPLE ON STATUE PLINTH WATCHING AND FILMING HEARSE DRIVING INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE CROWDS APPLAUDING OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, ELLEN MACRAE, SAYING: "For me, I'm excited to be able to tell my Grandma about it because she's actually messaging me in the queue saying: 'What's going on, what's going on? So I'm excited to tell her about it, really." (SOUNDBITE) (English) FATHER QUEUEING WITH BABY, MACDONALD (FIRST NAME NOT AVAILABLE), SAYING: "She is only three months (old)." MOTHER QUEUEING WITH BABY, MACDONALD (FIRST NAME NOT AVAILABLE), SAYING: "And she was born on Jubilee weekend, so we wanted to have her involved in this as well." JOURNALIST: This is a significant moment, so what would you tell her later on, because now we have a new king. FATHER QUEUEING WITH BABY, MACDONALD (FIRST NAME NOT AVAILABLE), SAYING: "Yes, it's actually quite nice to be able to share it with the wee one and obviously, we will tell her when she's old enough to understand that she was here and part of the history, at such a sad, sombre time.” LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) PEOPLE IN CROWD FILMING ON PHONES (SOUNDBITE) (English) RETIRED LONDON RESIDENT, ALEXANDRA JIMMERSON, 72, SAYING: “I’m just terribly glad to have been able to see her coffin pass, because we owe so much to this amazing, amazing Queen we’ve had.” SIGNPOST FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDON RESIDENT, LILLY SCOTT, 9, SAYING (WITH GRANDMOTHER ANNE DUNHILL), SAYING: “Well, happy because I’ve never been so close to the Queen and it’s like one last goodbye, I guess.” BRITISH UNION FLAG FLYING AT HALF MAST
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2022 00:09
  • Keywords: Buckingham Palace Edinburgh London Londoners Lying in state Queen Elizabeth Queen's coffin RAF St Giles' Cathedral crowds reaction
  • Location: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND + NORTHOLT & LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND + NORTHOLT & LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Royals,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA009502813092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Large crowds lined the streets of Edinburgh as Queen Elizabeth's coffin began its long journey from St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital to London on Tuesday (September 13).
    It had lain in state for 24 hours and the Scottish government said more than 26,000 members of the public filed past it.
    The hearse, with a skylight on the brightly illuminated casket compartment, transported the coffin from the cathedral to Edinburgh airport before its journey to RAF Northolt in west London.
    In London, the coffin was driven to Buckingham Palace past thousands of spectators, some of whom watched in silence while others applauded or cheered.
    The late Queen’s coffin will be taken to Westminster Hall on Wednesday (September 14) and will lie in state prior to Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday (September 19).
    (Production: Gerardo Gomez, Geraldine Downer)
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