Queen Elizabeth's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne began her last journey back to London for a state funeral.
The Associated PressThe coffin containing the body of Queen Elizabeth leaves Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday. The coffin will be transported to Edinburgh, where it will lie at rest before being moved to London later in the week.
Early Sunday, flowers and other tributes — a small Paddington Bear toy, a hand-drawn picture of the Queen — were piled up outside the gates of Balmoral. He will be proclaimed king in other nations of the United Kingdom — Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — on Sunday. Amid the grief enveloping the House of Windsor, there were hints of a possible family reconciliation. Prince William and his brother Harry, together with their respective wives, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, delighted mourners near Windsor Castle with a surprise joint appearance Saturday.The Queen's coffin will take a circuitous journey back to the capital.
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