about the future of this country? edinburgh, queen elizabeth s northern capital, prepares . to greet her majesty. from the start, the queen clearly felt a deep affinity for scotland and its place in the uk. at her silverjubilee in 1977, she publicly stressed what she called the benefits of union. but in recent times, support for independence has surged. if the union with scotland in particular, but also the united kingdom as we know it is to be preserved, then the monarch has a role to play, the monarch will obviously want to try and maintain what has been there for centuries. how does support for the monarchy in scotland break down by party? yes, so there s clear differences. if you are talking to people who tend to support the conservative party, support is in the high 70s. if you re talking to people who support the liberal democrats and labour, it is in the 605. but if you re talking to people who support the snp, then support is much lower, in the high 20s. and yet the s
now, back to the breakfast team. good morning from edinburgh. we re here at the palace of holyroodhouse. where the queen s coffin has made the journey from balmoral. during the next 2a hours people will be given the chance to pay their respects. we thought we would go through the events for people want to come to edinburgh orwant to events for people want to come to edinburgh or want to understand what we can expect. king charles will also travel to scotland later, as he begins his first tour of the uk nations. but the king and queen consort will begin the day with a visit to westminster hall, where both houses of parliament will meet to express their condolences. they will then fly to edinburgh, where they and other members of the royal family will accompany the queen s coffin as it travels by procession from the palace of holyroodhouse to st giles cathedral, this afternoon. the queen will lie at rest at st giles and members of the public will be able to view the coffin fo
this document, this london bridge document, huge, with about 30 sections, is there to ensure that all the administrative requirements are known to all the people who need to know about them, and these formalities, as i say, are not down to the whim of anyone individual, he can stamp his character to an extent on the manner in which he conducts himself as monarch, but within the necessary framework. there he is coming now off the aircraft. to be greeted i think by the lord provost of edinburgh, the queen consort following on behind, and he has got of course his senior officials with him, and they will very shortly begin the journey into him, and they will very shortly begin thejourney into edinburgh, to the palace of holyroodhouse. find begin the journey into edinburgh, to the palace of holyroodhouse. and we know there are the palace of holyroodhouse. and we know there are many, the palace of holyroodhouse. and we know there are many, many - the palace of holyroodhouse. a
doing at windsor, at balmoral, at sandringham, at holyroodhouse in edinburgh, at hillsborough near belfast, cardiff, city hall, and actually in town halls and other public buildings all across the united kingdom, there are lots of places where people are laying flowers, books of condolences have been opened in many public places like town halls so people can go and write a message. in fact, the government is saying anyone can open a book of condolence in any kind of institution although the royal household will not be able to collect all of those books in and in the government guidance it says don t forget social media, if you just want to change your social media profile and make it more sombre colours or change something that your profile, all those ways of paying respect to the late queen are being welcomed, right from the top of the royal family all the way through government. i don t think people should feel like they have to go and take part in a line in state thoughi g
in rest at the palace house. the royal family official scottish residence. king charles iii along with other members of the royal family will attend that service a little later this morning. the coffin will then be flown from edinbrook to london on tuesday evening and the queen s funeral will be held on september 19th. britain s longest serving monarch died on thursday peacefully at the age of 96 at a scottish estate in balmoreal. what we can expect in the days ae head haeud ahead at that funeral. that service for the queen will be held in the coming hours. what s the atmosphere where you are at this point. it s similar to yesterday. it s quiet, there are few people out at the moment. the stores are just beginning to open. there are a few joggers going up and down the royal mile here. this of course is where the queen s procession bringing her coffin to st. giles procedure will run up and down. i think we can expect to see thousands of people up and down the street a little