coffin will leave edinburgh shortly and the cortege will travel slowly to edinburgh airport, about eight miles away from st giles cathedral, in a journey that is expected to take about a0 minutes. she will then be flown to london, arriving at about seven o clock this evening before her coffin is taken to buckingham palace for one last night. this is the scene near st giles cathedral in edinburgh where the queen s coffin has laid at rest since yesterday afternoon. members of the royal family, princess anne and her husband, who are heading towards the cathedral where there will be private prayers for about 15 minutes before the cortege departs for the airport. thousands and thousands of people have spent many hours queueing, lots of them right through the night, to pay their last respects to briton s longest reigning monarch. so many people came today that the queue had to be closed at lunchtime, people were turned away because there was not enough time for them to make it in
her death last week means that this is now the home of king charles but the late queen will make one final visit to her old home, before the state funeral next monday. outside the palace, in the surrounding streets and parks, and at royal residences in other parts of the united kingdom, the tide of flowers and messages is a vibrant illustration of the nation s affection and respect for her late majesty. many of the tributes in central london have been gradually moved to nearby green park, as final preparations are made for the first ceremonial formality of the days to come. the air in this part of the city is heavily scented by thousands of floral tributes, as people from all parts of the united kingdom and overseas come to pay their respects in person. in the city of edinburgh it has been a period of 2a hours that few will ever forget thousands of people gathered to see the silent royal procession to st giles cathedral, and then queued patiently throughout the night for
that devotion to duty established her as a symbol of british pride and national celebration. the queen was an absolute splendid person she was exactly what you would want to have as your best friend. and i also remember her as a a fantastic mother. all other sort of pomple and pageantry and everything else her family was always very, very important. identified by duty so for her the sense of commitment and dedication to the country, to the position of the monarchy was absolute. she nurtured monarchy through one the biggest periods of change that society has ever seen. and she s passed on to the king something that is utterly solvent. to be queen you have to do it. i think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. elizabeth xangd are mare remay e first granddaughter but no one imagined she would be queen. the structure of things the expectation was that eldest son of the ki
that devotion to duty established her as a symbol of british pride and national celebration. the queen was an absolute splendid person she was exactly what you would want to have as your best friend. and i also remember her as a a fantastic mother. all other sort of pomple and pageantry and everything else her family was always very, very important. identified by duty so for her the sense of commitment and dedication to the country, to the position of the monarchy was absolute. she nurtured monarchy through one the biggest periods of change that society has ever seen. and she s passed on to the king something that is utterly solvent. to be queen you have to do it. i think it must have been very heartwarming for the queen to appreciate the immense amount of affection that they loved her. elizabeth xangd are mare remay e first granddaughter but no one imagined she would be queen. the structure of things the expectation was that eldest son of the ki
presidential election. and that is terrifying. damaging testimony against former president donald trump as officials inside the justice department detail how he tried to weaponize the department to steal the election. plus positive news for ukraine as the european council finally says okay to them becoming an official to join the eu. we re live this hour in brussels. and growing doubt over boris johnson s future as his party loses two high elections. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, june 24th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. the january 6 committee has held its last public hearing before the july 4th holiday break and there were plenty of fireworks. top officials in donald trump s justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims,