Queen's coffin arrives in Edinburgh after journey from Balmoral

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With the eyes of the country fixed on his mother’s final journey through Scotland, King Charles spent a second day in London, attending to the business of state.

Today it was all about the Commonwealth. A chance for the new King to underline his commitment to a core component of his mother’s legacy. Lady Scotland, the Commonwealth’s Secretary General, said Queen Elizabeth had built the Commonwealth brick by brick.

At Buckingham Palace, King Charles met the secretary general, as well as High Commissioners from the 14 Commonwealth countries which still regard the monarch as their head of state – including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The new King knows that there will be moments during his reign when, like Barbados last year, members decide to question or cut their ties to the monarchy and declare themselves republics. Jamaica, and Antigua and Barbuda could be among the first.

But the Commonwealth remains a large family of nations, which still attracts new members. Gabon and Togo both joined just this summer.

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Thank you for joining our coverage as the nation continues to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Here's a look back at what's happened so far today:

• A cortege took Her Majesty's coffin on the six-hour journey from Scotland's Balmoral Castle to the capital Edinburgh
• Crowds lined the route to pay their respects to Britain's longest-serving monarch, clapping and throwing floral tributes in the procession's path
• The coffin will now lie at rest in The Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight
• The Queen's children Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward are in Edinburgh, while King Charles III will travel to the city on Monday
• The King, meanwhile, spent the afternoon at Buckingham Palace where he met Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland
• Proclamation ceremonies were held in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, marking King Charles' ascension to the throne
• Prince William spoke to Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and vowed to serve the Welsh people with "humility and great respect" in his new role as the Prince of Wales

King Charles III has hosted an audience with Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland at Buckingham Palace.

After the meeting took place, he also hosted high commissioners and their partners from countries where he is head of state.

He left Buckingham Palace to cheers from the crowds after the meetings.

He will begin his day tomorrow with a visit to Westminster Hall, where both Houses of Parliament will meet to express their condolences.

Accompanied by Camilla, the Queen Consort, the King will then travel by air to Edinburgh.

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The Princess Royal - along with her husband Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence - accompanied her mother's coffin throughout its six-hour journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh.

After winding its way through the countryside, numerous villages and small towns, it has now reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and will move to London later this week.

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Her Majesty's coffin will now lie at rest in The Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight, and then proceed to St Giles Cathedral tomorrow, to allow people to pay their respects for 24 hours.

As we've been reporting, her coffin is draped with the Royal Standard for Scotland - a flag that represents the Sovereign.

Unlike the Royal Standard used in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and elsewhere, the Royal Standard for Scotland features two quadrants for Scotland as opposed to just one on the Royal Standard.

Those quadrants are made up of a gold banner with the Scottish red lion.

It is flown at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Balmoral Castle when the monarch is not present. When they are in residence, the Royal Standard of the UK is flown instead.

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Crowds applauded as the Queen's coffin was slowly driven along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

You can watch the historic moment in the video below.

The Queen's coffin was greeted with a guard of honour before being carried into Holyroodhouse. The Queen will remain in the throne room of the palace overnight.

As the coffin was taken into the palace, three of the Queen's children looked on - Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

King Charles is currently in London but will travel to Edinburgh tomorrow.

The Queen's procession has now reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - the end of today's six hour journey.

The coffin will remain at Holyroodhouse overnight and it will proceed to St Giles' Cathedral on Monday afternoon.

The coffin will remain under continuous vigil for 24 hours, with the public able to pay their respects.

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Ripples of applause can be heard as the Queen's funeral cortege travels through central Edinburgh.

As we mentioned earlier, huge crowds of people have turned out to see Her Majesty's final journey.

The procession will now head to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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Thousands of people have waited for hours in Edinburgh to pay their respects as the procession makes its way to the palace of Holyroodhouse.

“I’ve a flight to catch later, but we had to come and pay our respects while we were here," said Dillon Hay, who is visiting Scotland from Bangor in Northern Ireland.

“I’ve actually found it emotional on behalf of my nanny, I rang her and she was in floods of tears."

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It’s an awful loss, I mean you can see the city is absolutely packed with people who have been affected."

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Ian Upritchard is also visiting Edinburgh from Northern Ireland, and describes himself as a “royalist”.

“It’s part of history being here when the King is crowned.

“We went to Holyrood Palace and [we've] seen all the floral tributes, it was pretty special."

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It feels unreal to be here, I never dreamt that I’d be present for the Queen’s last journey."

The cortege is now on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh's Royal Mile has been stripped of its regular chaotic beat of bagpipes, street performers and tour guides.

In its place is hushed chatter and an air of anticipation.

The best city centre vantage points are full; curious tourists and locals mingle along a seemingly endless line of metal barriers.

Bradley Harkins, visiting from Chicago, says: "There's a real sense that something major is happening. I was at the proclamation earlier and it sent shivers down my spine even though today was the first time I'd heard of any of this."

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People clap as the Queen's cortege makes its way through the city of Dundee earlier today.

The procession is now crossing the new Queensferry Crossing, linking Fife to Edinburgh.

The Queen visited the Forth Road Bridge in 2014 to mark its 50th anniversary and was back just three years later to cut the ribbon on its £1.35bn replacement.

Queen Elizabeth II said the Queensferry Crossing, the UK's tallest bridge, was a "breathtaking sight" and one of three "magnificent structures" across the Forth.

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The coffin has reached the most southerly point of Fife. It is about to pass Rosyth, where the UK's largest warship was officially named in the Queen's honour in June 2014.

She smashed a bottle of whisky against the side of the aircraft carrier at Rosyth dockyard.

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Victoria Cowie, 22, is from Shropshire and studies medicine at the University of St Andrews. She lives in Dundee and was in position hours before the cortege reaches the city.

“I wanted to come and see the procession because the Queen was an incredible person," Victoria says.

“I saw her once in person when she was getting off the train in Shropshire.

“I think when the Queen’s procession passes by, it will be a sombre moment. But I hope it’s also a celebration of her."

The cortege has passed Perth and will soon travel through Fife - a short hop from St Andrews where the Queen's grandson William went to university and met his future wife, Catherine.

She joined Prince Philip, her son Charles and his wife, Camilla, at the graduation ceremony in June 2005.

Here's a picture of that moment:

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As the cortege travels through Scotland, we're watching the first steps of a journey that will last more than a week, before culminating at the state funeral next Monday.

It's a ceremonial journey with its own narrative.

It's going from the homely setting of six Balmoral gamekeepers lifting her coffin, to the grandeur of Westminster Abbey in London, where the pews will be packed with world leaders.

When the Queen’s father George VI died in 1952 gamekeepers at Sandringham had formed a guard of honour for his coffin.

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Balmoral was one of the Queen’s favourite places, perhaps because it gave her more privacy. Prime ministers visiting there were said to have been surprised to see her doing the washing up after a meal.

She's left there now for the last time, with flowers picked from her Scottish estate on the coffin, including white heather, pine fir, phlox, dahlias and sweet peas, which were said to be one of her favourites.

Mourners are now gathered in towns along the route, or dotted along the roadside to watch the funeral cortege, with these small groups about to become much bigger crowds, as the journey reaches Edinburgh and then London.

Clouds drew in across Scotland’s sunniest city as the Queen Elizabeth made her final journey through Dundee.

As the road grew quiet, the crowd pulled closer to the road and the police cordon in anticipation of seeing the late Queen’s coffin.

Many hundreds fell quiet as the cortège passed through the Kingsway and the people of Dundee paid their final respects.

A scatter of applause broke out among some in the crowd as the Queen’s coffin pulled up in front of the council leaders of Tayside and Fife and left the city for the last time.

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At a ceremony in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, Charles III has officially been proclaimed King.

Three cheers for His Majesty rang out across a city centre square as hundreds gathered to watch a military parade and Gibraltar’s Governor, Sir David Steel, read the proclamation from the balcony of his official residence.

Sir David, a retired senior Royal Navy officer, previously served as the Queen’s Aide-de-Camp. Speaking to the BBC, he recalled Her Majesty's "dignity, sense of duty, sense of humour and a love for what she did".

The Rock, as it's often called, lies at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

Spain has a longstanding claim over the territory but locals have twice, within living memory, voted overwhelmingly to remain British.

"This, to all intents and purposes, is just part of the United Kingdom separated by 1,000 miles," Sir David said.