Queen funeral newest: Tens of 1000’s queue by way of night time to see Elizabeth II’s coffin in Edinburgh

A person arrested for heckling Prince Andrew because the Queen’s funeral cortege handed alongside Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has been charged.

The 22-year-old man, who was not named by Police Scotland, is accused of a “breach of the peace” – the identical offence used to cost a girl who held up an “abolish monarchy” signal in the course of the proclamation of Charles III on Sunday.

Our residence affairs editor Lizzie Dearden experiences:

The King has left the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

The brand new monarch took an alternate route than anticipated, opting to not drive up the Royal Mile and previous St Giles’ Cathedral, the place small crowds had gathered.

He’ll journey to Edinburgh Airport, the place he’ll board a flight to Belfast.

Former Tory chief Lord Hague mentioned it’s best to not “unfold the thought” that queues for the Queen’s mendacity in state might be a “horrible downside”.

He instructed Occasions Radio: “It’s very laborious to inform by way of the numbers, isn’t it, when you’re making ready for this occasion, however I feel it’s greatest to be calm and for the police and others to calmly organise for that, and probably not attempt to unfold the thought, ‘oh, it’s going to be a horrible downside, it’s going to be overcrowded, you’re going to have to attend too lengthy’.

“That may be fairly counterproductive, the place individuals then say, ‘oh, effectively if it’s going to be such nice crowds, we’ve bought to be there’.

“Or if telling us to not go, effectively, ‘then we wish to go’ – that’s fairly a British response to say, ‘in that case, we’re going’.

“It is going to be distinctive. After all, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. So there might be huge crowds, as was seen in Edinburgh, the large crowds yesterday.

“I feel everyone – all of the organisers, policemen ought to knuckle underneath to calmly making ready, and don’t attempt to second guess the general public an excessive amount of on this.”

Folks have already began queueing to see the Queen Elizabeth II coffin mendacity in state in London.

Properly-wishers started on the south aspect of Lambeth Bridge on Monday, 12 September, the place the doorway to the queue is predicted to be arrange – two days earlier than the road opens.

Hundreds of thousands are anticipated to attend to pay their respects to the late monarch, whose coffin will lie in Westminster Corridor from 5pm on Wednesday till the morning of the funeral on 19 September.

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed a “tense” second she witnessed with Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis.

Talking on the Scottish Parliament on Monday (12 September) in entrance of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, Sturgeon recalled a time she and her husband Peter visited the Queen at Balmoral.

“Not too long ago different leaders have shared tales from Balmoral, of barbeques cooked by Prince Philip because the Queen leads the desk. These are recollections I treasure too, particular instances of what was clearly their joyful place,” Sturgeon started.

“I did nevertheless expertise one fairly tense second at Balmoral,” she added.

Princess Anne has made historical past by turning into the primary royal lady to participate within the Vigil of the Princes, which has till now been carried out by male members of the royal household.

On Monday (12 August), all 4 of Queen Elizabeth II’s youngsters gathered round her coffin for a vigil contained in the St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Princess Anne wore her navy ceremonial uniform for the occasion.

In the course of the ceremony, King Charles III and his siblings – the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex – took their locations on the 4 sides of the oak coffin, which was draped within the Lion Rampart and flag of St Andrew’s, and adorned with the Crown of Scotland.

Hundreds of mourners have lined the streets of Edinburgh to pay respects to the Queen’s coffin, because it lies in state in St Giles’ Cathedral.

The coffin might be flown from Scotland to London on Tuesday night and can lie in state in Westminster Corridor till the morning of the funeral on Monday.

Members of the general public and safety have began to assemble in central London as they wait and put together for large crowds who will flock to see the late Queen.

Footage of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 has resurfaced, displaying the late monarch as a 25-year-old initially of her 70-year-reign.

King Charles III will perform quite a lot of engagements in Northern Eire on Tuesday as a part of the new monarch’s programme of visits throughout the UK.

Forward of the go to, members of the Northern Eire Meeting will return to Stormont on Monday for a particular sitting the place tributes to the Queen might be paid and a ebook of condolence opened.

In a letter to MLAs, speaker Alex Maskey mentioned it was proper that representatives ought to meet to pay tribute because the dying of the Queen was a “historic world occasion”.

Royal biographer Hugo Vickers has defined why Prince Harry can’t put on army uniform at Queen Elizabeth II’s vigil.

The knowledgeable mentioned the matter throughout Tuesday’s (13 September) episode of Good Morning Britain.

On Monday (12 September), it was reported that the Duke of Sussex had been denied the prospect to put on army uniform as he mourns the Queen, despite the fact that his disgraced uncle the Duke of York might be permitted to take action on the vigil.

Harry, who noticed motion on the entrance line throughout two excursions of responsibility in Afghanistan, might be in civilian gown for official occasions, together with the late monarch’s state funeral.

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