Mourners in Scotland will get the chance to pay their respects to the Queen on Monday and Tuesday, before her coffin is transported to London.
On Sunday her body was taken on a lengthy journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse.
A William Purves hearse carried the coffin as it travelled from the Queen’s estate in the rural Scottish Highlands and wound its way through Aberdeen and Dundee before eventually making its way to Edinburgh after a six-hour journey.
On Monday it proceeded down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile from Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral.
Here, her body will lie in rest, and thousands of Scots are expected to visit to say their final goodbyes. Here is everything you need to know.
The Queen will lie at rest in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh from around 5.30pm on Monday 12 September until 3pm on Tuesday 13 September.
The crown of Scotland will be placed on the Queen’s coffin while it lies in rest.
Historically, the crown has been used in ceremonies to represent the sovereign’s presence and it will be placed on Elizabeth II’s coffin by Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, the 16th Duke of Hamilton.
Special wristbands will be issued to those wanting to see the Queen’s coffin while it is in St Giles’, with a queue to start at George Square Lane/North Meadow Walk in The Meadows, where one wristband per person will be issued.
Only people with wristbands will be allowed to enter and flowers are not be permitted to be brought in.
Anyone planning on attending is warned to expect long waits and airport-style security checks.
Mourners are also being asked to pass the coffin without pausing in order to ensure as many people as possible can pay their respects.
Portable toilets will be available on the queue route and visitors will be able to leave the line to use them.
There is an accessible queuing scheme available for blue badge holders.
You must not bring any of the following items into the security search point or St Giles’ Cathedral.
On the afternoon of Tuesday 13 September, the Queen’s coffin will be transported by a Royal Air Force aircraft from Edinburgh Airport, to RAF Northolt. The coffin will be accompanied by the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne.
After arriving on Tuesday evening, the coffin will then be taken to Buckingham Palace by road, where it will stay overnight.
On Wednesday, 14 September, a procession will set off from Buckingham Palace.
A gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will carry the coffin through central London to Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster, where the monarch is to lie in state.
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