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
that was president biden, you see him there, paying tribute, laying a wreath there. john, i was covering the capitol, as i mentioned, on 9/11. joe biden was the senator from delaware and a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. he was chair. i would watch in the days afterwards people like him and others not just try to figure out how to help the country economically but most importantly at that moment was try to get a handle on who this was, how and whether and when to rea reretaliate. that woas the biggest question. the third plane, the heroes of shanksville, that plane headed for the white house or the capitol, hit our political monuments if you will. those are the heroes. listen to a moment of silence for the second plane hitting the second tower. and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free
holyroodhouse. and then the scottish parliament will receive a motion of condolence. during that time, it will be possible for members of the public, we understand, to view the queen s coffin at st. giles cathedral. later in the evening, the king, other royals will go back for a vigil at st. giles cathedral. so, a lot of opportunity here for members of the public to really see the royals perhaps express their feelings, their condolences as well as they walk up the street here. nic robertson is in edinburgh. thank you, nic. well, before departing for edinburgh to take part in that service for the queen, king charles iii will visit westminster hall where he ll receive condolences from both houses of parliament. on sunday he met with commonwealth leaders at buckingham palace, just some of the meetings that he is holding in his first week as monarch.
people of scotland to the former company. in terms of transition, the big test, of course, is whether or not the king can command such crowds and such loyalty that she commanded. so far at the very beginning of his reign, he seems to be connected with a lot more people than i expected. he s more open, less formal, really stepping up to the position. today it s very much about the people of scotland having their moment with the late queen. the hearse heading towards edinburg where you are, where the coffin will rest in the palace of holyrood, was the queen s seat, now the king s seat in scotland. there will be a service of remembrance and a vigil at st. charles cathedral. we re getting our first sense of the public response here. for people to come out and stand along the busy road just to have this moment of history, just imagine what the queue will be