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As members of the public filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II last night, her four children stood vigil in the most solemn duty imaginable.
The King, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex had walked together up the aisle of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh in well-practised step.
As they reached the coffin, they divided – each taking a side to honour their mother and show that she was not alone.
With hands clasped and eyes lowered, they stood in silent, still tribute for 10 minutes with their backs to the coffin.
Royal editor Hannah Furness writes that members of the public who had queued for more than 12 hours to pay their respects filed past, occasionally doing a double take as they noticed the members of the Royal family in their midst, with the Queen Consort and the Countess of Wessex seated at the side and watching on.
Early today, thousands of mourners continued to file past the coffin, with many having queued for hours throughout the night.
It came at the end of an emotional day for the Royal family, in which the siblings walked behind their mother’s coffin up the Royal Mile.
Even by the unprecedented standards of the past few days, the procession was utterly extraordinary. Judith Woods reports on a moving show of love for a monarch and mother in which she felt the mood in Edinburgh change.
Today, the King and Queen will travel to Northern Ireland, visiting Hillsborough Castle in Co Down and receive a message of condolence at the Stormont Assembly. Follow the latest updates.
At 5pm today, the late Queen departs Scotland for the last time, as her coffin begins the journey from Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace via RAF Northolt.
The Princess Royal will accompany her mother on the flight, and then in a car to the palace. The King and Queen will receive the coffin. Queen Elizabeth’s body will then lie in state at Westminster Hall for four days, beginning at 5pm tomorrow.
Yesterday, members of the public had already begun forming a queue – 53 hours before the doors were due to open.
Mourners in London have been warned they may have to wait up to 30 hours, with the continuously moving queue expected to stretch more than three miles from Tower Bridge.
Chief reporter Robert Mendick reports on the provisions that are being made to allow people to leave the queue for lavatory breaks and to buy food.
View our full guide to the times you can see the coffin – and the rules of queuing.
As well-wishers are set to flock to London ahead of the state funeral on Monday, a special train timetable will see services run through the night. Network Rail warned that demand will rise steeply from tomorrow.
As Oliver Gill reports, officials are finalising plans for extra services to manage demand, with timetables to be updated by operators over the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Government advised commuters to work from home to prevent the capital’s infrastructure being overwhelmed.
In other developments after the Queen’s death:
Pomp and ceremony are in full flow as King Charles III starts life as monarch. View his reign so far, in pictures.
In 1990, Queen Elizabeth II asked musician Laurie Holloway to help her make a unique birthday present for her mother. Will we ever hear it? Read the feature.
Thousands have laid garlands to the late Queen’s memory. Now the poet laureate offers another, in an elegy of real elegance and restraint. Tristram Fane Saunders says Simon Armitage’s "Floral Tribute" avoids royal clichés by looking to the natural world, finding in the plants and landscapes of our country a "forceful grace". Read the poem.
Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces reached parts of the Russian border in their lightning offensive that has led to the firing of one of Vladimir Putin’s top generals. It came as the Kremlin insisted it would still win its war against Ukraine despite the collapse of its army group near Kharkiv. As Roland Oliphant reports, Kyiv’s troops have reached areas that had been occupied since the first day of the war in February. Dominic Nicholls identifies Ukraine’s "hammer blow" move. And a rare example of sanctioned criticism has appeared on Russian state TV.
The Premier League is facing its worst fixture backlog since the pandemic, with the weekend’s biggest matches at Manchester United and Chelsea now wiped out ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Tom Morgan has the latest on the games that have been called off, as Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, says he is sure his club’s fans will respect the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II. Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu returned to her winning ways overnight at the Slovenia Open.
Households on fixed rate energy deals will have their bills slashed under Liz Truss’s price freeze, but they might still pay more than necessary. It is feared thousands of customers may have been tempted to lock into contracts to pay a fixed price for gas and electricity as the average bill was expected to soar to more than £6,000. As Tom Haynes reports, customers are likely to be better off paying an exit fee to move onto a standard variable tariff. Meanwhile, banks have pulled one in 10 mortgage deals as they seek to raise interest rates for the 11th month.
Historic secrets | From a Grade I-listed theatre to troglodyte dwellings, Sophie Campbell has gone in search of the lesser-known National Trust attractions that are worth seeking out. See a gallery of the 16 hidden gems you probably did not know about.
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