The Queen has left her treasured Scottish home in Balmoral for the last time following her death at the age of 96.
Her Majesty’s coffin was transferred from the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle into a waiting hearse, and departed from the main entrance at the Aberdeenshire estate at 10am, three days after her death was announced to the world on Thursday evening.
Members of the public watched on as the funeral cortege slowly drew out of the main gate before turning onto the road that leads towards Ballater, a town that this week spoke of the Queen as a "neighbour" and a "friend" during the summers she spent there with her family.
