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Robbie Chalmers

Pictures as the Queen's cortege travels through Perth and Kinross

The Royal Cortege carrying the late Queen’s coffin travelled through Perth and Kinross on Sunday afternoon on its way to Edinburgh from Balmoral.

Thousands of residents lined the roads from the Carse of Gowrie to Kinross-shire to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

The Queen, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, left her treasured Scottish home in Balmoral for the last time at 10am on Sunday morning.

The six-hour 175-mile journey saw the cortege travel through Aberdeen and then on to Dundee, where it made its way down the Kingsway and onto the A90 via the Swallow Roundabout.

The cortege then proceeded along the A90 through the Carse of Gowrie and over the Friarton Bridge onto the M90 through Kinross-shire.

Local residents lined up for hours before the arrival of the cortege to pay their respects, and take photos and videos.

This picture by Scott McNamara shows the cortege travelled on the A90 near Inchture (Perthshire Advertiser)
People gather as the Queen's coffin ventures across the Friarton Bridge (Getty Images)
Crowds gather on the Rhynd flyover. Pictures by staff photographer Richard Wilkins (Perthshire Advertiser)
Queen's funeral cortege passes over Perth on the Friarton Bridge (Perthshire Advertiser)

At most points respectful silence fell as people waited for the procession to pass by before they burst into polite applause and cheers.

Perth and Kinross Council issued advice to local mourners the day before warning of significant volumes of traffic and to be prepared for delays or find an alternative route.

A council spokesperson also said that no flowers were to be left on any part of the roads network “in the interests of public safety”.

Those who wished to leave a floral tribute were asked to do so at the viewpoint on Tay Street in Perth.

The official proclamation of the new Sovereign, King Charles III, was also read out by the Sheriff Principal of Tayside, Central and Fife, Marysia Lewis, at Horsecross Plaza in Perth on the same day.

The cortege arrived at Palace of Holyroodhouse - the monarch’s official residence in Scotland - at around 4pm where it was placed in the throne room.

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