did your same support and devotion as they did your late mother. because today we don t did your late mother. because today we don tjust did your late mother. because today we don t just commemorate did your late mother. because today we don tjust commemorate the reign of our we don tjust commemorate the reign of our queen but also celebrate the life of of our queen but also celebrate the life of a of our queen but also celebrate the life of a woman who many in scotland knew and life of a woman who many in scotland knew and loved, who dedicated her life to knew and loved, who dedicated her life to her knew and loved, who dedicated her life to her country, to duty and to serving life to her country, to duty and to serving others. on behalf of the scottish serving others. on behalf of the scottish conservatives i am proud to support scottish conservatives i am proud to surrport the scottish conservatives i am proud to support the motion of condolence today,
funeral next monday. thousands of people lined the streets as her coffin was taken from the palace of holyroodhouse up the royal mile to st giles cathedral, for a service of thanksgiving, honouring her life. king charles iii led the royal family in solemn procession behind his mother s coffin. the queen will now lie at rest in st giles cathedral for 2h hours before being flown down to london tomorrow evening. this will be a reign finally attuned to the sensibilities of scotland and the distinctiveness of its institutions and traditions. the king returned today to a scotland that has been diverging from the rest of the uk politically for a0 years and where support for independence is as high as it has ever been, especially amongst the young. nicola sturgeon was at edinburgh airport to greet him. she wants an independent scotland to retain the monarchy with king charles and his heirs on the scottish throne. as king, charles will have to keep his views on that prospect to hims
but all that is for another day. a bearer party of the royal regiment of scotland brought the queen s coffin from holyroodhouse, back into public view. for today, the eyes of the world intrude on private sorrow, as the queen s family subordinate their own grief to the imperatives of public ritual. queen elizabeth s four children walked behind their mother s hearse. briefly, an insult was shouted at the duke of york. andrew, you re a sick, old man! it brought this reaction from an otherwise subdued crowd. crowd chants: god save the king! - the royal mile of edinburgh is an ancient thoroughfare, steeped in its progress towards st giles cathedral, the historic high kirk of edinburgh where the queen had sometimes worshipped, not as head of the church here but simply a member.
a bearer party of the royal regiment of scotland brought the queen s coffin from holyroodhouse back into public view. for today, the eyes of the world intrude on private sorrow. as the queen s family subordinate their own grief to the imperatives of public ritual. queen elizabeth s four children walked behind their mother s hearse. briefly, an insult was shouted at the duke of york. andrew, you re a sick old man! it brought this reaction from an otherwise subdued crowd. god save the king! the royal mile of edinburgh is an ancient thoroughfare, steep in its progress towards st giles cathedral, the historic high kirk of edinburgh where the queen had sometimes worshipped, not as head of the church, but simply as a member.