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Tens of thousands of people lined up in Edinburgh to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II before her coffin is flown to London, where the King’s Guard marched through the streets rehearsing for her funeral early Tuesday.
Mourners traveled from across the UK, bundled up against the chill in Scotland’s capital, and waited overnight for hours, some napping on benches or in camping chairs, just to catch a glimpse of the late monarch’s coffin at St. Giles’ Cathedral.
“We were desperate to be here to show our respects,” said Will Brehme, an engineer from Edinburgh, who arrived in the early hours of the morning with his partner and 20-month-old daughter sleeping in a baby carrier.
“It is a moment that will live with us forever. When you think that she worked all of her life for us it is the least we could do.”
Meanwhile, a solemn funeral rehearsal was held outside Buckingham Palace in London under the gaze of a few staunch royal watchers keeping vigil outside the royal residence.
