After being carried to the hearse by six game wardens from balmoral estatethe procession will head to the nearby village of Ballater, where it will arrive at around 11:12 a.m. local time and representatives from the county of Aberdeenshire will pay their respects.
The body will then be transported to Aberdeen, Scotland’s third largest city and an important center of the oil industry, famous for its gray granite buildings. After another tribute by local authorities, a public display of the coffin will take place in the city’s historical park.
The procession will then arrive in Dundee, Scotland’s fourth largest city on the east coast, around 3:15 p.m. City officials will then bid him farewell.
En route to Edinburgh, the hearse will cross a bridge parallel to the iconic Forth Bridge, which takes trains over the huge Firth of Forth estuary.
After a six-hour journey, the Queen’s coffin is due to arrive at Holyrood Palace around 5 p.m. The coffin will spend the night in the throne room of this palace, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland.