is a reflection of the admire raug admiration and the love that the scots have for her. we will see throngs of people when they come to edinborough. your thoughts, julia? as a 96-year-old monarch julia, i m sorry to monitor you. right now, there s a moment of silence, again, in new york for when the north tower fell. [ moment of silence ]
these are things that we have an understanding of that can change, and we don t know the final planning, but she would then go to st. jiles cathedral in edinborough, and there will be a service there attended by king charles, by other senior members of the royal family, and after that service, the queen s body would then be take n to london. again, not quite clear whether she ll be taken by rail or whether she will be flown to london. then she would be brought to buckingham palace, to westminster abbey, rather, where she would lay in state. and that s where we would expect the majority of people, british people, visitors to the country as well, to have an opportunity to go pay their final respects to the queen. and after that of course, the
including u.s. president joe biden. here s what he said on friday. are you going to the queen s funeral, sir? yes. i don t know what the details are yet, but i will be going. cnn s nic robertson is at balmoral castle in scotland where the queen died peacefully on thursday of course. what can we expect in the coming days? one of the things we expect to happen is that the queen will be, will leave here and journey to edinborough, probably quite a lengthy journey so members of the public can wactch the procession. then she ll go to holyroodhouse. and she will lie in rest in the throne room, perhaps about a day later, and, again, i m not being specific on timing, because
queen s lead. how often do you see him taking the lead from anyone? and she welcomed him. he adored the visit. it was very important to the united kingdom. she assauged his desire and love of pomp. the life that she has had at balmoral with her family is really remarkable. i was reading some details, max. princess eugenie the queen s granddaughter talked about balmoral as a lovely base for granny and grandpa, a place to have room to breathe and run. correct me if i m wrong there were family barbecues where the late duke of edinborough or prince philip would actually do the barbecuing and true that queen elizabeth would actually do the dishes? yes, and she drove the land rover until quite recently. it is a rugged life out there. it s not what you would imagine.
thousands of performers from across the world are in edinburgh for the start of the world s biggest arts festival. the edinburgh festival fringe will see more than 3,000 shows from 58 countries to mark its 75th anniversary. pauline mclean reports. they are pulling out all the stops for a show that show that will welcome the world back to edinborough. show that will welcome the world back to edinburgh. it is incredibly exciting. i think none of us really knew for sure whether the audience would be back or the artists would be back but here we are and ready to go and the city is buzzing as much as it has ever been. the show did go on last year. a smaller number of them in open air venues like this multi storey car park. those who took part said they owed it to edinburgh and its festivals. i cut my teeth here. in 1996 i was brand new. i was in a competition called so you think you re funny. i learnt my craft in edinburgh. how to be a stand up. over the years they have