as monarch this morning, before travelling to scotland. it s monday 12th september. people here in edinburgh will be the first members of the public to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth ii this evening, as scotland bids it s final farewell. evening, as scotland bids its final farewell. king charles iii will accompany the queen s coffin as it travels from here at the palace of holyroodhouse, along the royal mile to st giles cathedral where it will remain under continuous vigil for 2h hours. yesterday thousands of mourners lined the route as the coffin made the 175 mile journey from balmoral down to edinburgh, as judith moritz reports. balmoral was the queen s most beloved home. scotland her place of refuge. how fitting, then, that it s across this land that she is beginning her finaljourney. these were the hills she knew. the forests she enjoyed. and the communities she felt closest to. all along the route, crowds returned that affection. and then, a majestic sight, as
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
revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events for the monarchs of this nation. its most sacred duty is once again to provide a final place where the people of this nation can pay their final respects. hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected to turn out to pay their respects to the queen this week. our security correspondent frank gardnerjoins me now from clarence house. we know over the next few days, there will be a huge security operation to keep everybody safe. that s right. they have had a lot of time to practice for this, it is known as operation london bridge. all of the procedures for the death of the sovereign. this has been
mis to be any current terrorist plot. m15 and the police will be on their guard for any chatter, any hint of threat. security is going to be very tight for these things, airport style security, searching bags and scaling from the rooftops i would not be surprised. people scanning from the rooftops. not be surprised. people scanning from the rooftops. from the rooftops. thank you very much, from the rooftops. thank you very much. for from the rooftops. thank you very much. for it- later this morning, king charles will address both houses of parliament for the first time as sovereign. our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. what are we expecting to happen during the proceedings today? good morninu. it during the proceedings today? good morning- it is during the proceedings today? good morning. it is another during the proceedings today? (13mg. morning. it is another sense of this modern era succession that we will see this service today in westmins
the tower of london. the public will be able to file past the coffin 24 hours a day from 5pm on wednesday until 6:30am on monday, the day of the funeral. the crowds are expected to be so large that mourners will have to queue for many hours, possibly overnight, and with very little opportunity to sit down. once at the hall, they will first have to pass through airport style security and only small bags will be permitted. mourners are being asked to respect the dignity of the event and behave appropriately. they will have to remain silent whilst in hall, dress appropriately, and no filming or photography will be permitted. nor will the use of mobile phones or any other hand held devices. details of the route for the lying in state will be revealed on tuesday evening. for more than 900 years, westminster hall has hosted all manner of events