Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been lying in rest following her death at Balmoral.
Her coffin has been resting in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, since Monday afternoon and thousands of people flocked to the city to pay their respects before she is transported back down to London.
Later on Tuesday afternoon, The Queen will be moved from the cathedral to Edinburgh Airport where she will then be flown down to London and a state hearse will take her to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state for four full days.
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Her funeral takes place on Monday, September 19 and The Queen will be buried in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. There she will be placed alongside her her father King George VI, mother Queen Elizabeth, sister Princess Margaret and husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mourners will be able to pay their respects until 6.30am on Monday and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the streets.
St George's Chapel has been at the heart of many royal ceremonies with it being chosen to be the burial place for the Royal Family in the 1800's. The chapel has a number of separate burial places inside and the Queen will be placed in the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
Other burial places include the Royal Vault and the Albert Memorial Chapel.
Monday will be a national day of mourning and a public holiday. Glasgow City Council has confirmed that schools and nurseries will close, along with non-essential businesses.
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