continue to flock here, where the king charles the third has held meetings with diplomats from the 1a countries that recognise him as head of state. also ahead on the programme. ukraine s military says its forces have tripled the amount of territory it has retaken from russia in a little over 48 hours. and in sweden, voting in the country s general election has ended with an exit poll indicating that the prime minister s party may win slightly more seats than rivals. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the coffin of queen elizabeth is being taken on itsjourney to herfinal resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and has now arrived in edinburgh. crowds gathered along the route, as the cortege made the 175 mile journey to the palace of holyroodhouse where the coffin will remain overnight. as that was happening, proclamations formally announcing the accession of king charles iii took place in cardiff, edi
the way the public do, i saw her in her little tweed skirt and headscarf and that kind of thing. and what was she like? funny, always happy. she liked a joke. and she was sarcastic. what did that momentjust there, watching her pass for the last time, mean to you? it was quite poignant, but i m glad i was here to see it. she meant a lot to the area. so it was fitting that it happened here. ballater is slowly getting back to normal, but what that looks like is not yet clear. one of the threads which bound the nation together has unravelled, and the question is, what is the future of the united kingdom without elizabeth? because royal deeside is not scotland in miniature. this country contains many
special for me to say goodbye. what did she mean to this area? we knew how much she loved scotland and particularly balmoral. i think we will miss seeing her go to church on sundays. sorry. are you 0k? yeah. how are you feeling? it is a bit sad that she s gone. remember the last time you saw her, where did we see her? when she was coming back from church at balmoral. remember the last time you saw her, where did we see her? when she was coming back from church at balmoral. that s right after that, we think we saw her on horse back riding along the banks in the grounds of balmoral. for adele phillips, this is personal. she was a housekeeper to the queen. i didn t know her in the way the public do, i saw her in her little tweed skirt and headscarf and that kind of thing.