The coffin of Elizabeth II will leave Balmoral for Edinburgh on Sunday, before his solemn arrival Tuesday in London for national funeral on September 19.
Le Monde with AFP
The coffin of Elizabeth II, who died Thursday in his Scottish Balmoral residence, will be transported Sunday September 11 through Scotland to join Edinburgh, where the public will be able to pay a first tribute to the monarch, before his solemn return Tuesday in London for national funerals on September 19.
The royal hearse must leave Balmoral, the residence where the monarch liked to spend the summer, at 10 am local time (11 am, Paris time), to arrive in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, around 16 hours, local time (5 p.m. Paris time) after a trip of almost 300 kilometers.
A large crowd is expected on the course of the funeral convoy, to greet one last time that which reigned seventy years and seven months, familiar and reassuring presence, but always mysterious, having crossed, imperturbable, the eras and the Crises. The crowd was asked not to throw flowers when passing the convoy. The hearse will first step in Ballater, the village very close to the castle, then in Aberdeen and Dunde before joining Edinburgh. The coffin will spend the night there in the Holyroodhouse throne room, official royal residence in Scotland.
national funeral in Westminster
On Saturday, the Buckingham Palace confirmed that the national funeral would take place on September 19 at the Westminster Abbey, in London, a high place of marriages, wreaths and royal burials for almost a millennium. It was there that the one who was still only Princess Elizabeth had married in November 1947, at 21, Philip Mountbatten. It was there that she was crowned there on June 2, 1953. Managers around the world were expected for the ceremony, including the American president, Joe Biden.
Tens of thousands of people should also pay him a last tribute to the Palais de Westminster, where his coffin will be exhibited from September 14 to 19, before the funeral that will start at 12 noon, the 19th, public holiday In the United Kingdom.
His grandson William, now Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, paid tribute to him on Saturday. “She was by my side in my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life. I knew that this day was going to come, but I will need time to get used to it reality of lifeless life, “he said in a press release.
“My grandmother said that sorrow was the price to pay for love. All the sadness that we will feel in the coming weeks will testify to the love that we had to our extraordinary queen. His memory by supporting my father, the king, in all possible ways. “
” all 4 one “
The prince then created the surprise by going with his wife Kate, but also his brother Harry and his wife Meghan to meditate in front of the flowers deposited in homage to Elizabeth II in front of the castle of Windsor. The two couples are notoriously cold, Harry and Meghan now installed in California. They had not been seen together in public for more than two years and their crowd bath was greeted by applause.
“All 4 One”, decided to titrate the tabloid The Sun for its Sunday edition, with on the front page an image of the quartet, also in “a” of all the sites of the British media on Saturday evening. The children of Charles III thus almost overshadowed their father, proclaimed king in the morning according to a centenary ceremonial, televised for the first time, after having automatically become king Thursday at the announcement of the death of Elizabeth II.
In appearance more and more frail in recent months, the queen has devoted her life to the monarchy. On Tuesday, she was working, receiving the resigning Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, in audience, which she had asked to create a new government. The monarch, too weak to travel, had however remained in Balmoral for these audiences.