I am quite speechless actually,” said Fiona Moffat, a 57-year-old office manager from Glasgow. But as the convoy vanished from view, the crowd spontaneously started clapping. Silence fell on the packed Royal Mile in Edinburgh as the hearse carrying the queen arrived. The Queen's coffin will be transported Sunday on a journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where it will lie at rest before being moved to London later in the week. Members of the public line the streets in Ballater, Scotland, as the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II passes through as it makes its journey to Edinburgh from Balmoral in Scotland, Sunday, Sept. “I think it is going to take a lot of adjusting that she is not here.” She was the queen I was born under, and she has always been there,” said Angus Ruthven, a 54-year-old civil servant from Edinburgh. “I think she has been an ever-constant in my life. By afternoon, the crowds were 10 people deep. People turned out hours early to grab a space by the police barricades in Edinburgh. takes days to mourn its longest-reigning monarch, the only one most Britons have ever known. The procession was a huge event for Scotland as the U.K. The late queen’s coffin was draped in the Royal Standard for Scotland and topped with a wreath made of flowers from the estate, including sweet peas, one of the queen’s favorites. The hearse drove past piles of bouquets and other tributes as it led a seven-car cortege from Balmoral, where the queen died Thursday at 96, for a six-hour trip through Scottish towns to Holyroodhouse palace in Edinburgh. Mourners packed city streets and highway bridges or lined rural roads with cars and tractors to take part in a historic goodbye to the monarch who had reigned for 70 years. Her Majesty usually starts her break in the seven-bedroom Craigowan Lodge on the estate while the castle is still open to the public, before moving to the main house in August.EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - In a somber, regal procession, Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin was driven slowly through the Scottish countryside Sunday from her beloved Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The home is located in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, surrounded by mountains, lochs and glens. RELATED: The Queen's home that she has never lived in revealed An additional white and green floral armchair sits next to one sofa. There is a tall mirror mounted above the fireplace, and on the ledge sits two further candelabras and a gold clock.
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The photo also unveiled a look at the rest of the room, showing that the sofa is one of two, which sit either side of a matching footstool and in front of a large log fireplace with a metal frame. The Queen and Prince Philip's living room in 2017 READ: 20 incredible photos of the royals enjoying their summer holiday at Balmoral The very sofa on which she sat with Prince Philip 41 years prior was still visible and located in the same spot, as were the photos framed on the walls, the wooden side table and even a bunch of flowers and the candelabra just about visible behind Peter. Fast forward to 2017, when the then-Governor-General of Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove and his wife met the Queen, and the room seemed to have been kept exactly the same.