will dedicate himself to the people of scotland. he will be accompanied by queen camilla and by his son prince william, duke of rothesay, and catherine, duchess of rothesay. already, it is full of activity, as the people s procession, 100 in all, hasjust the people s procession, 100 in all, has just arrived, led the people s procession, 100 in all, hasjust arrived, led by the people s procession, 100 in all, has just arrived, led by this magnificent contingent of scots dragoon guards. the monarch s official residence in scotland is the palace of holyroodhouse. preparations are well under way there for members of the royal family to make the short journey up the royal mile to st giles cathedral in time for the service, which is due to start at 2:15pm. inside the cathedral, the congregation are taking their seats, and they are being treated to a wonderful concert, much of it scottish, and very, very beautiful music. we will be bringing you some of that over the course of our p
Century, and the way that these events will proceed, well i think remind everybody of what the strength of that history is, and how real and contemporary it still is to people in the historic capital of scotland. and a very thoughtfully scottish occasion we are going to see. film. occasion we are going to see. 0h, es, it is occasion we are going to see. oh, yes. it is very occasion we are going to see. i yes, it is very scottish. occasion we are going to see. oi, yes, it is very scottish. the music, much of which has been selected by the king, he has played a very close personal role in this, it s just reeks of auld reekie, which of course, is edinburgh, the city. this is scottish to its bootstraps, we will see that over the next hour and a half. , ., ., will see that over the next hour and a half. , ., ., ., ., a half. let s have a word now with our colleague. a half. let s have a word now with our colleague, sampling - a half. let s have a word now with our colleague, samplin
Great medieval pillars, and it is made from a single block of beautiful italian marble. and that is where the minister, the reverend calum macleod, will be standing later to open the service. he told me he was feeling a bit nervous today, but everyone in st giles simply wants to do scotland proud today as it gives thanks to a queen whom, we know, was very fond of us. a sublime setting for the service, which is due to begin injust over an hour, as sally was saying there. it is a service which will combine ancient and modern, notjust in terms of the fabric of the cathedral itself but in terms of the content of the service, too. outside st giles , the crowds are already there. it is a very impressive