13일 런던으로 운구, 19일 웨스트민스터 사원에서 국장
(베를린=연합뉴스) 이율 특파원= 고(故) 엘리자베스 2세 영국 여왕이 11일(현지시간) 마지막까지 머물렀던 스코틀랜드 동북부 밸모럴성을 떠나 영면을 위한 여정에 올랐다.
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엘리자베스 2세 여왕의 시신이 든 참나무 관은 이날 오전 10시 밸모럴성을 떠나 약 280km 떨어진 에든버러의 홀리우드 궁전으로 운구됐다.
육로를 이용한 이 여정에는 약 6∼7시간이 걸릴 것으로 예상된다.
운구차를 선두로 7대의 장례 차량 행렬이 첫 마을인 밸러터를 지나자 시민 수천명이 도로 양옆에 서서 꽃과 직접 쓴 편지를 던지며 여왕과 작별인사를 나눴다.
이날 시작된 마지막 여정에는 여왕의 딸인 앤공주가 동행했다. 운구차에 실린 여왕의 관은 밸모럴성 영지 내에서 조달한 화환으로 장식됐다.
니컬라 스터전 스코틀랜드 자치정부 수반은 "여왕이 사랑했던 밸모럴성을 최종적으로 떠나는 슬프고 가슴 아픈 순간"이라며 "오늘 여왕은 에든버러로 마지막 여정에 나서며 스코틀랜드는 조의를 표한다"고 말했다.
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최대한 많은 이들이 여왕에게 작별 인사를 할 수 있도록 이날 여왕의 장례 차량 행렬은 고속도로가 아닌 국도를 택했다.
이날 오후 4시께 홀리루드 궁전에 도착하는 여왕의 시신은 다음날에는 성 자일스 대성당으로 옮겨진다.
이곳에서는 왕실 일가가 참석한 가운데, 장례 예배가 열리며, 예배 이후 여왕의 시신은 대중에 24시간 동안 공개된다.
여왕의 시신은 13일 공군기 편으로 런던 버킹엄궁으로 이동한 뒤 14일 웨스트민스터 홀로 옮겨져 장례식 전날까지 나흘간 대중에 공개된다. 이후 공휴일로 지정된 19일에는 웨스트민스터 사원에서 여왕의 국장이 엄수된다.
새 국왕 찰스 3세는 이날 런던 버킹엄궁에서 영연방 사무총장을 만난다. 이후 그는 버킹엄궁에서 그가 국가원수인 캐나다, 호주, 뉴질랜드, 파푸아뉴기니, 자메이카 등 영연방 14개국의 총독을 만날 예정이다.
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Latest PostWhat happens next?
The Queen's coffin will now lie in the Palace of Holyroodhouse's Throne Room until Monday afternoon.
On Monday morning, the King and the Queen Consort will travel to Wesminster Hall in London - where both Houses of Parliament will express their condolences, and the King will "make his reply".
The King and Queen Camilla will then travel to Edinburgh.
Here's what we're expecting:
Ceremony of the keys
After inspecting the guard of honour, the Ceremony of the Keys will take place on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Ceremony of the Keys sees a British monarch being handed the keys of the city of Edinburgh. It has traditionally marked the start of Holyrood Week - a yearly occasion which would see the Queen spend a week visiting various Scottish regions.
Tomorrow's Ceremony of the Keys will be the first time the symbolic Keys will be handed over to Charles.
The procession to St Giles
A solemn procession will follow the ceremony, setting off from Holyroodhouse at around 14:30.
It will be accompanied by the King and his siblings as it travels up the Royal Mile to St Giles’ Cathedral for a service expected to last about an hour. Anne's husband, the Queen Consort and the Countess of Wessex will also be in attendance.
Mourners will then be permitted to view the Queen's coffin at the cathedral from about 17:00.
Vigil of Royal Family memebrs
King Charles will meet First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Holyroodhouse, before attending the Scottish Parliament.
In the evening, members of the royal family, including the King, will stand vigil beside the coffin at St Giles' Cathedral.
The public will be able to pay their respects to the Queen at St Giles' until Tuesday evening, when the coffin will be flown to London on an RAF plane ahead of her state funeral.
In pictures: Sea of flowers in Green Park
Hundreds of people have made their way to Green Park in London - next to Buckingham Palace - to leave floral tributes and messages to Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles focuses on Commonwealth
Paul Adams
BBC Diplomatic correspondent
With the eyes of the country fixed on his mother’s final journey through Scotland, King Charles spent a second day in London, attending to the business of state.
Today it was all about the Commonwealth. A chance for the new King to underline his commitment to a core component of his mother’s legacy. Lady Scotland, the Commonwealth’s Secretary General, said Queen Elizabeth had built the Commonwealth brick by brick.
At Buckingham Palace, King Charles met the secretary general, as well as High Commissioners from the 14 Commonwealth countries which still regard the monarch as their head of state – including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The new King knows that there will be moments during his reign when, like Barbados last year, members decide to question or cut their ties to the monarchy and declare themselves republics. Jamaica, and Antigua and Barbuda could be among the first.
But the Commonwealth remains a large family of nations, which still attracts new members. Gabon and Togo both joined just this summer.
If you're just joining us...
Thank you for joining our coverage as the nation continues to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Here's a look back at what's happened so far today:
King Charles meets Commonwealth guests at Buckingham Palace
King Charles III has hosted an audience with Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland at Buckingham Palace.
After the meeting took place, he also hosted high commissioners and their partners from countries where he is head of state.
He left Buckingham Palace to cheers from the crowds after the meetings.
He will begin his day tomorrow with a visit to Westminster Hall, where both Houses of Parliament will meet to express their condolences.
Accompanied by Camilla, the Queen Consort, the King will then travel by air to Edinburgh.
Princess Anne's journey with the cortege
The Princess Royal - along with her husband Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence - accompanied her mother's coffin throughout its six-hour journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh.
After winding its way through the countryside, numerous villages and small towns, it has now reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and will move to London later this week.
The Royal Standard for Scotland explained
Her Majesty's coffin will now lie at rest in The Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight, and then proceed to St Giles Cathedral tomorrow, to allow people to pay their respects for 24 hours.
As we've been reporting, her coffin is draped with the Royal Standard for Scotland - a flag that represents the Sovereign.
Unlike the Royal Standard used in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and elsewhere, the Royal Standard for Scotland features two quadrants for Scotland as opposed to just one on the Royal Standard.
Those quadrants are made up of a gold banner with the Scottish red lion.
It is flown at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Balmoral Castle when the monarch is not present. When they are in residence, the Royal Standard of the UK is flown instead.
Watch: Applause along the Royal Mile
Crowds applauded as the Queen's coffin was slowly driven along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
You can watch the historic moment in the video below.
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Queen's coffin moves into Holyroodhouse, as her children look on
The Queen's coffin was greeted with a guard of honour before being carried into Holyroodhouse. The Queen will remain in the throne room of the palace overnight.
As the coffin was taken into the palace, three of the Queen's children looked on - Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
King Charles is currently in London but will travel to Edinburgh tomorrow.
The Queen's coffin reaches Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Queen's procession has now reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - the end of today's six hour journey.
The coffin will remain at Holyroodhouse overnight and it will proceed to St Giles' Cathedral on Monday afternoon.
The coffin will remain under continuous vigil for 24 hours, with the public able to pay their respects.
Cortege travels down the Royal Mile
Ripples of applause can be heard as the Queen's funeral cortege travels through central Edinburgh.
As we mentioned earlier, huge crowds of people have turned out to see Her Majesty's final journey.
The procession will now head to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
On the Royal Mile: 'It's an awful loss'
Niall McCracken
Reporting from Edinburgh
Thousands of people have waited for hours in Edinburgh to pay their respects as the procession makes its way to the palace of Holyroodhouse.
“I’ve a flight to catch later, but we had to come and pay our respects while we were here," said Dillon Hay, who is visiting Scotland from Bangor in Northern Ireland.
“I’ve actually found it emotional on behalf of my nanny, I rang her and she was in floods of tears."
Ian Upritchard is also visiting Edinburgh from Northern Ireland, and describes himself as a “royalist”.
“It’s part of history being here when the King is crowned.
“We went to Holyrood Palace and [we've] seen all the floral tributes, it was pretty special."
Crowds continue to grow in Edinburgh
Andrew Picken
Reporting from Edinburgh
The cortege is now on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's Royal Mile has been stripped of its regular chaotic beat of bagpipes, street performers and tour guides.
In its place is hushed chatter and an air of anticipation.
The best city centre vantage points are full; curious tourists and locals mingle along a seemingly endless line of metal barriers.
Bradley Harkins, visiting from Chicago, says: "There's a real sense that something major is happening. I was at the proclamation earlier and it sent shivers down my spine even though today was the first time I'd heard of any of this."
WATCH: Onlookers applaud in Dundee
People clap as the Queen's cortege makes its way through the city of Dundee earlier today.
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Funeral cortege arrives at Queensferry Crossing
The procession is now crossing the new Queensferry Crossing, linking Fife to Edinburgh.
The Queen visited the Forth Road Bridge in 2014 to mark its 50th anniversary and was back just three years later to cut the ribbon on its £1.35bn replacement.
Queen Elizabeth II said the Queensferry Crossing, the UK's tallest bridge, was a "breathtaking sight" and one of three "magnificent structures" across the Forth.
The procession reaches Rosyth
The coffin has reached the most southerly point of Fife. It is about to pass Rosyth, where the UK's largest warship was officially named in the Queen's honour in June 2014.
She smashed a bottle of whisky against the side of the aircraft carrier at Rosyth dockyard.
Along the route: 'It will be a sombre moment'
Victoria Cowie, 22, is from Shropshire and studies medicine at the University of St Andrews. She lives in Dundee and was in position hours before the cortege reaches the city.
“I wanted to come and see the procession because the Queen was an incredible person," Victoria says.
“I saw her once in person when she was getting off the train in Shropshire.
“I think when the Queen’s procession passes by, it will be a sombre moment. But I hope it’s also a celebration of her."
Procession to pass close to St Andrews
The cortege has passed Perth and will soon travel through Fife - a short hop from St Andrews where the Queen's grandson William went to university and met his future wife, Catherine.
She joined Prince Philip, her son Charles and his wife, Camilla, at the graduation ceremony in June 2005.
Here's a picture of that moment:
A final journey with its own narrative
Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent
As the cortege travels through Scotland, we're watching the first steps of a journey that will last more than a week, before culminating at the state funeral next Monday.
It's a ceremonial journey with its own narrative.
It's going from the homely setting of six Balmoral gamekeepers lifting her coffin, to the grandeur of Westminster Abbey in London, where the pews will be packed with world leaders.
When the Queen’s father George VI died in 1952 gamekeepers at Sandringham had formed a guard of honour for his coffin.
Balmoral was one of the Queen’s favourite places, perhaps because it gave her more privacy. Prime ministers visiting there were said to have been surprised to see her doing the washing up after a meal.
She's left there now for the last time, with flowers picked from her Scottish estate on the coffin, including white heather, pine fir, phlox, dahlias and sweet peas, which were said to be one of her favourites.
Mourners are now gathered in towns along the route, or dotted along the roadside to watch the funeral cortege, with these small groups about to become much bigger crowds, as the journey reaches Edinburgh and then London.
Crowds fall silent as coffin passes through Dundee
Katy Scott
Reporting from Dundee
Clouds drew in across Scotland’s sunniest city as the Queen Elizabeth made her final journey through Dundee.
As the road grew quiet, the crowd pulled closer to the road and the police cordon in anticipation of seeing the late Queen’s coffin.
Many hundreds fell quiet as the cortège passed through the Kingsway and the people of Dundee paid their final respects.
A scatter of applause broke out among some in the crowd as the Queen’s coffin pulled up in front of the council leaders of Tayside and Fife and left the city for the last time.