charles himself. earlier all of them walked alongside her hearse as it made to the historic cobbled royal mile. each in lock step. tomorrow, the queen s body will be flown back to buckingham palace for a week of more processionals and goodbyes, awash in pageantry born of another age. her funeral is a week from today. the country s first traditional state funeral since winston churchill in 1965. prince philip who died last year personally requested not have one. princess diana and the queen mother both had what is called a royal ceremonial funeral. in fact the last state funeral for a sovereign was for the queen s own father, back in 1952. according to the times, planners in the capital say london could be quote full for the first time in its history. at least 750,000, probably more, are set to flood westminster hall to pay their respects and file past her coffin. the line is expected to be five miles long, with a possible 20-hour wait to get in. bring your own food. prepare t
you re right. very, very somber moments, around 15 minutes, a vigil, around the queen s coffin, of princess, princess ann, prince charles, prince andrew, prince edwards, the queen s children standing there, in silence heads bowed maintaining that vigil and something the queen wanted, will have planned, and perhaps not necessarily in scotland, there were different plans depending on where she died, but we have been saying all day, wherever she is now, and wherever her soul is, she will have been very much enjoying seeing this opportunity that the fact that she died at balmoral has afforded scotland to pay respects to her. you sea her, her body slowly travel through edinburgh, in silence, and so silent, that you could hear the hooves of the horses, and that silence from the thousands of scottish people who came to see her and say goodbye, spoke volumes, and they came to i think to see the new king, and they once again, with the enormous pageantry and very, very personal moments