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
scotland where queen elizabeth ii now lies at rest at the royal family s official scottish residence. as the queen s coffin arrived following what was a six-hour journey from her balmoral estate, crowds of mourners and admirers packed the streets to pay their respects. this is or was the first leg of an eight-day journey to her final resting place in england. the public in london will also be able to pay its respects to the queen starting on wednesday afternoon at the palace of westminster where she will be lying in state until her funeral next monday. well, ahead of that, an emotional and poignant moment on sunday. princess anne, the queen s daughter curtseyed to her mother as her casket entered the palace of holyroodhouse. she had followed the hearse from balmoral to edinburgh on that 118-mile, six-hour journey. and you can see the grief reflected on the face of her daughter. the loss of the queen, of course, being felt by many across the uk. this is probably something qu