Respectful well-wishers have been overcome with emotion, after queueing for hours through the streets of the Scottish capital. A poignant vigil was held inside St Giles Cathedral this evening.
Elizabeth Sabey, 43, explained to the BBC her reasoning for lining up for the visit on a number of occasions in Edinburgh, saying that there s something divine there and it s deeply moving .
Mourners made a last-minute dash to pay their final respects to the Queen in Edinburgh before her coffin is flown to London today - after thousands of well-wishers said farewell to the monarch.
Pensioners slept on benches, others caught up on rest in camping chairs or even sat on pavements or chose to go without sleep at all to be among those to enter St Giles Cathedral.
A single ray of sunshine from the heavens has been captured on camera shining down on Queen Elizabeth II s coffin, during a procession to transport her to St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.