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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Jon Brady & Iona Young

Police officer who guarded Queen's coffin in Edinburgh shares extraordinary experience

A Scottish police officer who stood guard at the Queen's coffin as she lay at rest in Edinburgh has spoken of her pride at being involved in Her Majesty's final journey out of Scotland.

PC Courtney Craik, from Falkirk, says she was informed three years ago that she would have the "privilege" of being a ceremonial guard for the Queen in the event of the monarch dying in Scotland.

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