The late Queen is lying in a "scene of quiet dignity" in an oak coffin in the ballroom of Balmoral Castle where she died, a senior palace official has said. The coffin is due to leave the castle on Sunday (September 11) for a six-hour procession to Edinburgh.
The official said: “On Thursday September 8, The Queen passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle. She currently lies in an oak coffin covered with the Royal Standard for Scotland and with a wreath of flowers laid on top, in the Ballroom of Balmoral Castle.
“This enables the Balmoral Estate Staff, many of whom have spent a good deal of their lives in Royal Service there, to pay their last respects. It is a scene of quiet dignity.”
