The King and other senior members of the Royal Family have held a vigil in Edinburgh. Members of the public filed past to pay their respects as the four siblings stood in silence with their heads bowed, surrounding the Queen's coffin. More here:
The King and senior members of the Royal Family have held a vigil beside the Queen's coffin in Edinburgh.service of thanksgiving for her lifeKing Charles, who was wearing a kilt, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex, stood facing outwards around their mother's coffin in a tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes.Members of the public filed past to pay their respects as the four siblings stood in silence with their heads bowed.
It was draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland with a wreath of flowers of white spray roses, white freesias, white button chrysanthemums, dried white heather from Balmoral, spray eryngium, foliage, rosemary, hebe and pittosporum.Service of thanksgiving At the beginning of the service, Reverend Calum MacLeod welcomed the Royal Family,"representatives of our nation's life" and"people whose lives were touched by the Queen in so many unforgettable ways".
"And so we gather to bid Scotland's farewell to our late monarch, whose life of service to the nation and the world we celebrate," he said.Former soldier is first in line to view Queen's coffinThe Duke of York, who was stripped of his military titles before he settled a civil sexual abuse case in the US in February, will not wear a uniform during the period of mourning,
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