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Edinburgh Live
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Donald Turvill

Call to reveal Edinburgh's Operation Unicorn costs for farewell to the Queen

Calls have been made to lift the lid on costs met by Edinburgh Council for events hosted in the city to mark the death of the Queen.

The capital became the focus of mourning in the week that followed Her Majesty's passing in September as her coffin was transported from her Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire for a procession up the Royal Mile followed by a period of lying in state in St Giles Cathedral.

This formed part of Operation Unicorn, the codename for the meticulously-planned set of events that take take place in the event of a monarch dying in Scotland.

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