The coffin has remained in the church of Saint Giles for twenty-four hours and this afternoon it is transferred to London
After queuing all afternoon and night, more than 26,000 people have paraded through the church of Saint Giles, in Edinburgh, to say their last goodbye to Elizabeth II in a burning chapel that lasts twenty-four hours. The coffin will be transferred this afternoon to London. The mortal remains of the late monarch will arrive at Northolt aerodrome, in the English capital, to later be taken to Buckingham Palace, where she will remain until tomorrow. It will then be taken in procession to the Palace of Westminster, where it will wait until the morning of her state funeral next Monday.
“More than 26,000 people have already had an opportunity to show their respect,” the Scottish Government said on its Twitter account. The doors of the Scottish cathedral are still open, although they have closed the access queue to prevent the crowd from continuing to crowd before the departure of the funeral procession.
The trickle of churchgoers has been constant throughout the day, including the night. The authorities have estimated the waiting time to access the interior of the temple at 45 minutes this Tuesday morning, according to the BBC.
A different situation is expected in London. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the United Kingdom will be the scene of the largest vigil in history until the state funeral is held on the 19th. The British Government is already preparing for the crowds that are expected in the vicinity in the coming days from Buckingham Palace, where long queues of more than twenty hours and exceeding eight kilometers are expected, according to the newspaper ‘The Times’.
mass influx
In this way, London finalizes the preparations to receive at least up to 750,000 people who want to say their last goodbye to the late monarch; a number of attendees “much higher” than the 200,000 who paraded before the queen’s mother when she died in 2002, they point out from Downing Street.
“Please note that the queue is expected to be very long. You will have to stand for many hours, possibly overnight, with very little opportunity to sit down, as the tail will continue to wag. Take this into account before deciding to attend or bring children, ”the Executive advised yesterday.
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