Balmoral to Edinburgh

Cortege passing through villages of Royal Deeside where many considered monarch a dear neighbour.

From when I was born, the Queen was there, when I went to school, got married, and when my wife passed, she was there. “I wanted to be a part of it, it is a moment in history and the end of an era. “On our darkest days we would drive up here and treat ourselves to a meal at the Old Station restaurant,” he recalled. “Ballater is a special place and she was able to relax here. Carol Gregory and her husband, from Birmingham, had diverted from a planned holiday in Inverness to Ballater, draping a union flag across the metal crowd barriers opposite the church. From Ballater, the cortege travelled eastwards along the winding, single-lane A93 through a succession of villages – Aboyne, Banchory and Peterculter. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will attend a party leaders’ gathering at parliament to observe the coffin passing. Some phones were raised to capture the moment but many others preferred to watch without screens as the coffin passed, draped in the Royal Standard of We’d often see her about locally, and the community always respected her privacy. Florence, 11, said they had seen the Queen in her car, while five-year-old Gracie guarded closely their sharing tub of sweeties. She had travelled here on Sunday morning with her two daughters and three grandchildren. “It would have been her wish to die here,” added McLeod.

The hearse will travel through villages in the Scottish Highlands before heading south to Edinburgh.

On Tuesday, it will be flown to London, accompanied by [Buckingham Palace](/topic/buckingham-palace) said: “The Queen’s coffin currently rests in the ballroom at Balmoral castle. [Balmoral](/topic/balmoral) Castle at 10am in a convoy of cars before slowly making its way through the small villages of Ballater and Aboyne. The convoy will drive along a picturesque road, with heather moors on one side and the freshwater Loch Kinord on the other before arriving at Aboyne. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Finally, it will be transported from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster on September 14, where it will lie in state until the morning of the funeral. On Monday afternoon, the coffin will be taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral, on the Royal Mile, where the Queen will lie at rest for a day to allow the people of Scotland to pay their respects. From there, the Queen’s coffin will be driven south through Stonehaven, a pretty harbour town on the north-east coast, and on to Dundee, Scotland’s fourth-largest city at around 2pm. From Ballater, the coffin will head to Aboyne, a village with a population of only a few thousand, which sits on the River Dee. [King Charles](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/charles-king-proclamation-accession-council-b2164275.html), will stand beside the coffin from 7.20pm in a tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes. [Queen](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-elizabeth-ii-death-funeral-king-charles-b2164247.html)’s coffin will travel over 100 miles on Sunday through the [Scottish Highlands](/topic/scottish-highlands) towards [Edinburgh](/topic/edinburgh), with thousands of people expected to pack the streets to watch it pass before it goes on public view.

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will be transported from Balmoral to Edinburgh today. See the route.

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Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on Thursday 8 September.

Its arrival at 8pm will be witnessed by the King and Queen, with other members of the royal family. The Queen's coffin will rest in the Throne Room at her official Scottish residence until Monday afternoon. The Queen's coffin will rest in the Throne Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse Hundreds of floral tributes have been left at Balmoral, where the Queen passed away peacefully, aged 96, on Thursday. [new King](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/prince-charles/) and members of the royal family will take part in the procession and attend a Service in St Giles' Cathedral to receive the coffin. On Monday, a procession will be formed on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse to convey the Coffin to St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

The Queen's coffin began its journey to its final resting place when it left her beloved Balmoral castle on its journey to Edinburgh. | ITV National News.

“The grief we have seen across the world has been profound and deeply touching. As the hearse drove by I definitely felt emotional." So the Queen was very much part of my life. It first passed through the nearby town of Ballater at approximately 10.20am. ITV News Ben Chapman reports on the journey so far. "I think Aberdeenshire meant a lot to the Royal Family and the Royal Family meant a lot to Aberdeenshire.

Queen Elizabeth II's final journey has begun. Her oak coffin left Balmoral at 10am on Sunday bound for Edinburgh, after it was lifted onto a hearse by six ...

Margaret MacKenzie, from Inverness, said: “It was very dignified. She would be endlessly knowledgeable about everything happening in the Commonwealth. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) A village the Queen...knew so well.” [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. It was nice to see that a lot of people came out to support and pay their respects.” “I was very embarrassed one day because I went in to see her at six o’clock, I didn’t know that one of the Commonwealth leaders had been ousted and a new government had been formed. Andrew Bowie, the MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, has said it was a “huge privilege and an honour” to witness the Queen’s coffin travel through the village of Ballater this morning. Mr Cameron told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “It was a very upfront and fulsome apology done very quickly at the beginning of an audience. Some anti-royalists protests have been held in Scotland and Wales to coincide with the proclamation of Charles III as the new UK sovereign. [Balmoral](/topic/balmoral) at 10am on Sunday bound for [Edinburgh](/topic/edinburgh), after it was lifted onto a hearse by six of the estate’s gamekeepers. Thousands of mourners lined the route to pay tribute to her.