coffin will leave edinburgh shortly and the cortege will travel slowly to edinburgh airport, about eight miles away from st giles cathedral, in a journey that is expected to take about a0 minutes. she will then be flown to london, arriving at about seven o clock this evening before her coffin is taken to buckingham palace for one last night. this is the scene near st giles cathedral in edinburgh where the queen s coffin has laid at rest since yesterday afternoon. members of the royal family, princess anne and her husband, who are heading towards the cathedral where there will be private prayers for about 15 minutes before the cortege departs for the airport. thousands and thousands of people have spent many hours queueing, lots of them right through the night, to pay their last respects to briton s longest reigning monarch. so many people came today that the queue had to be closed at lunchtime, people were turned away because there was not enough time for them to make it in
about the future of this country? edinburgh, queen elizabeth s northern capital, prepares . to greet her majesty. from the start, the queen clearly felt a deep affinity for scotland and its place in the uk. at her silverjubilee in 1977, she publicly stressed what she called the benefits of union. but in recent times, support for independence has surged. if the union with scotland in particular, but also the united kingdom as we know it is to be preserved, then the monarch has a role to play, the monarch will obviously want to try and maintain what has been there for centuries. how does support for the monarchy in scotland break down by party? yes, so there s clear differences. if you are talking to people who tend to support the conservative party, support is in the high 70s. if you re talking to people who support the liberal democrats and labour, it is in the 605. but if you re talking to people who support the snp, then support is much lower, in the high 20s. and yet the s
did your same support and devotion as they did your late mother. because today we don t did your late mother. because today we don tjust did your late mother. because today we don t just commemorate did your late mother. because today we don tjust commemorate the reign of our we don tjust commemorate the reign of our queen but also celebrate the life of of our queen but also celebrate the life of a of our queen but also celebrate the life of a woman who many in scotland knew and life of a woman who many in scotland knew and loved, who dedicated her life to knew and loved, who dedicated her life to her knew and loved, who dedicated her life to her country, to duty and to serving life to her country, to duty and to serving others. on behalf of the scottish serving others. on behalf of the scottish conservatives i am proud to support scottish conservatives i am proud to surrport the scottish conservatives i am proud to support the motion of condolence today,