The Queen’s coffin began its journey to its final resting place when it left her beloved Balmoral castle on its journey to Edinburgh.

Draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland and with a wreath of flowers on top, it had remained at rest in the Balmoral ballroom so the late monarch’s loyal Balmoral estate workers can say their last goodbyes.

The oak coffin was lifted into a hearse on Sunday at 10am by six of the estate’s gamekeepers, who were tasked with the symbolic gesture, ready for a six-hour journey to Edinburgh.

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