austin awful of scottish symbolism. and her son, taking his first steps, scotland s going. just shortly after, charles the third meeting scotland s first minister, nicholas sturgeon. the leader of arguably the most rebellious of his nation s. sturgeon wants to eventually secure another referendum on scottish independence. challenging the unity of the kingdom. but in her address to the king, at the scottish parliament. she pledged her loyalty. your majesty we stand ready to support you, as you continue your own life of service. and as you build on the extraordinary legacy of your beloved mother. our queen. queen elizabeth ii, queen of the scots. the encounter with the scottish leader came after an event in westminster where the king and queen consort received a letter of condolence from both houses of parliament. there, charles a third reiterated his loyalty to britain s democratic values. her late majesty pleasure stuff to serve her country and her people. and to mainta
skost land for the last time to return to london ahead of her statement funeral next week. before attending the service, the king and queen consulate shook hands with people at the royal residence in northern ireland. he then spoke to members of the northern ireland assembly saying he was committed to helping all people in that part of the united kingdom. with us is nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella and keir simmons. kelly? reporter: that s right. today the viewings of her majesty s coffin have stopped. there were people waiting in line right up until the end. they stopped people from joining the line a couple hours ago trying to ensure those waiting for so long would be able to get inside the cathedral and pay their final respects. in the next hour to two, we ll see preparations start to get underway to move the queen s coffin to london. and this will be another round of sort of ceremonial events. the royal company of archers honor guard, the company that prote
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
as they will be able to from wednesday in london, at westminster hall, from where the king has just departed, now travelling by road to his fight to scotland. with me is our chief political correspondent nick eardley. we continue to watch the pictures of the car are taking the king on his journey to edinburgh. nick was at that service in the houses of parliament. another very important moment of the ceremony and the passing of the baton from one monarch to another stop you we will see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, are see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of- travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of how - travels to edinburgh, are very| visual embodiment of how the travels to edinburgh, are very - visual embodiment of how the uk s constitutional setup works. it king is going to parliament, getting that address from the speakers of
thanked mourners who ve gathered to remember the queen, including an unexpected show of unity from princes william and harry. it s sunday, the 11th of september. i m at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, the official residence of the british monarch in scotland. the queen s coffin will arrive here from balmoral later today. let s take a look at the route it will take. at around 10:00, her coffin will be carried by six of the gamekeepers from her scottish estate from the ballroom at balmoral to a hearse. from there, it will begin a six hour, 175 milejourney. the route will pass through aberdeen, then on to dundee, before finally arriving at the palace here where it will lie in the throne room until monday afternoon. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has this report. well, they have been rehearsing for the night. we have heard drums being beat, just in the last hour, we have seen much in parades in the last few minutes. judith moritz has this report on what we can expect in