As it has been confirmed that the Queen’s four-hour journey to Edinburgh would include a stop in Aberdeen, Balmoral personnel are paying their final respects to the monarch before she is transported to Edinburgh tomorrow.
Tomorrow, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, who died away on Thursday at her residence in Aberdeenshire, will arrive in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, followed by a service at St Giles Cathedral on Monday.
She will then lie in state for 24 hours before being transported to London on Tuesday, most likely by plane.
Thousands of people are expected to try to catch a sight of the cortege when it passes through Aberdeen, Dundee, and Perth tomorrow car at 10 a.m.
Tomorrow at approximately 10 a.m., the Queen’s coffin will depart Balmoral and travel to Aberdeen before being taken to the Scottish capital.
Staff at Balmoral (pictured) are paying their respects to the final Queen, who died away on Thursday at her beloved Scottish residence.
According to the Press and Journal, while traveling through her beloved Aberdeenshire countryside, the car will pass along the banks of the River Dee and Crathie Kirk, where the Queen worshipped during her stay in Scotland, before reaching Ballater, where it may halt for a brief ceremony.
Since the reign of Queen Victoria, the Royal Family has maintained close ties to the community, making numerous visits.
From there, she will be transported through Aboyne, Kincardine O’Neil, Banchory, Crathes, and Peterculter before entering Aberdeen, where yellow “no waiting” cones have already been placed along the roadways.
As the cortege drives south on the Great Southern Road out of the city, she will make a final crossing over the King VI bridge, named after her cherished father.
On December 10, 1941, the bridge crossing the River Dee was inaugurated by the Queen Mother in the presence of her husband, King George VI.
In addition to passing through Dundee and Perth its route to the capital, the car will pass via Fife and across the Firth of Forth.
The Queen spent her final months in Balmoral, her Scottish residence. As it is taken to Edinburgh, her coffin will travel through her cherished Aberdeenshire landscape.
On Tuesday, when her coffin arrives in Edinburgh, it will be taken to the Palace of Holyroodhouse before a funeral service at St Giles’ Cathedral.
The car will cross the sea on either the Queensferry Crossing, which was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth on September 4, 2017, or the neighboring Forth Road Bridge, which she inaugurated fifty-three years before to that day.
Her coffin will be taken to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of Her Majesty The Queen in Scotland, upon her arrival in Edinburgh.
On Monday, a procession will march up the Royal Mile to St. Giles’ Cathedral, where members of the Royal family are anticipated to attend a Vigil of the Princes.
The public may have the opportunity to pay their respects when they pass past her coffin while she lies in state, then on Tuesday she will travel to Buckingham Palace for her state funeral.