Casket of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace

Casket of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace

LONDON (AP) — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, making its way into with every one other accompanied by not here of a drizzly London while crowds lined the way for a glimpse of the hearse accompanied by every one one other accompanied by to provide her a final farewell.

People parked their cars down a normally occupied road, got not here accompanied by every one one other accompanied by waved while the hearse, accompanied by lights inside illuminating the flag-draped coffin, made its way into London. In the city, people pressed inside on the main highway accompanied by every one one other accompanied by held their phones aloft while it passed.

Thousands outer external outside the palace cheered, shouted "God save the queen!" accompanied by every one one other accompanied by clapped while the hearse swung around a roundabout inside front of the queen's official London residence accompanied by every one one other accompanied by into with every one other accompanied by not here of the wrought ability gates. Her son, King Charles III, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by other immediate family members waited inside.

The coffin traveled to London from Edinburgh, where 33,000 people filed silently past it inside the 24 hours at St. Giles' Cathedral following it had been brought there from her cherished summer retreat, Balmoral. The monarch — the only monarch numerous inside the United Kingdom have at some hour dated known — died there Sept. 8 at number of years 96 following 70 years on the throne.

The military C-17 Globemaster carrying the casket touched down at RAF Northolt, an air ability base inside the the occident of London, concerning an hour following it left-hand Edinburgh. U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a military integrity retain protected from danger were among those at the base for the arrival.

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One who stood inside the rainfall waiting for the hearse to pass, former bus driver David Stringer, 82, recalled watching the queen's coronation on a newsreel while a boy.

"It's a great shame," he said. "I mean, I didn't exist convinced by concerning her every one one day, nevertheless I always knew she was there, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by my life's coming to a near now accompanied by every one one other accompanied by her hour dated has finished."

The coffin will exist taken by horse-drawn firearm carriage Wednesday to the Houses of Parliament to untruth inside condition for quartet days earlier to Monday's burial at Westminster Abbey.

"Scotland has now provide our Queen of Scots a sad, nevertheless fond farewell," said Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. "We will not see her exist fond of again."

Charles had returned to London from Northern Ireland, where his pay someone a call drew a infrequent little while of unity from politicians inside a neighbourhood accompanied by a contested British accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Irish identity that is greatly divided over the monarchy.

The new ruler is making his own journey this week, visiting the quartet nations of the U.K. – England, Scotland, Wales accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Northern Ireland.

Hundreds gathered around Hillsborough Castle near Belfast, the royal family's official residence inside Northern Ireland, inside the latest outpouring of affection following the queen's death. The area inside front of the gates to the castle was carpeted accompanied by hundreds of floral tributes.

Charles accompanied by every one one other accompanied by his spouse Camilla, the Queen Consort, got not here of their automobile to wave to the crowd accompanied by every one one other accompanied by occasionally used both hands to stretch not here not here to villagers, including schoolchildren inside bright blue uniforms. Charles flat petted a corgi — famously his late mother's favorite breed of canine — held up by one person, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by some chanted "God save the king!"

"Today means so a a large amount of to me accompanied by every one one other accompanied by my family, fair to exist inside attendance inside my place of residence village accompanied by my children to observer the coming of the new ruler is a truthfully famous little while for us all," said Hillsborough resident Robin Campbell.

While there was a heated greeting inside Hillsborough, the British monarchy draws mixed emotions inside Northern Ireland, where there are place of set of two main communities: mostly Protestant unionists who exist convinced by concerning themselves British accompanied by every one one other accompanied by mostly Roman Catholic nationalists who see themselves while Irish.

That split fueled trio decades of violence known while "the Troubles" involving paramilitary groups on both sides accompanied by every one one other accompanied by U.K. safety forces, inside which 3,600 people died. The royal family was touched personally by the violence: Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of the monarch accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a much-loved mentor to Charles, was killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb inside 1979.

A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century following Northern Ireland's 1998 tranquillity agreement.

For some Irish nationalists, the monarch represents an oppressive overseas power. But others permit in the queen's small portion inside forging peace. On a pay someone a call to Northern Ireland inside 2012, she shook hands accompanied by Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness, a former IRA leader — a once-unthinkable little while of reconciliation. On Tuesday the new ruler shook hands accompanied by Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill.

In a sign of how a lengthy way Northern Ireland has go nearer on the main highway to peace, representatives of Sinn Fein attended commemorative events for the monarch accompanied by every one one other accompanied by gathering the ruler on Tuesday.

Alex Maskey, a Sinn Fein politician who is speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, said the monarch had "demonstrated how individual acts of positive leadership tin assist shatter down barriers accompanied by every one one other accompanied by encourage reconciliation."

Charles responded that she had tried to amuse oneself a small portion "in bringing accompanied by every one one other those whom history had separated, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by inside extending a hand to build possible the healing of long-held hurts."

He said he would sketch on his mother's "shining example" accompanied by every one one other accompanied by "seek the welfare of all the inhabitants of Northern Ireland."

Still, not everyone was welcoming the new king.

On the Falls Road inside Belfast, a nationalist stronghold, some walls are decorated accompanied by murals of Bobby Sands, an IRA subscriber who died while on a hunger strike inside prison inside 1981, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by others killed inside the Troubles.

"No, he's not our king. Bobby Sands was our ruler here," said 52-year-old Bobby Jones. "Queen never done nothing for us. Never did. None of the royals do."

Irish leaders attended a labour of reflection at St. Anne's Cathedral inside Belfast inside malice of tense relations inside the centre of Dublin accompanied by every one one other accompanied by London over Brexit. Since Britain left-hand the European Union inside 2020, the U.K. accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the EU have been wrangling over commerce rules for Northern Ireland, the only small part of the U.K. that shares a border accompanied by a subscriber of the bloc.

Before actuality flown to London, the queen's oak coffin was carried from St. Giles' Cathedral to the strain of bagpipes. Crowds lining the Royal Mile into with every one other accompanied by not here of the famous heart of Edinburgh broke into applause while the coffin, accompanied by the queen's daughter, Princess Anne, was driven to Edinburgh Airport.

"I was fortunate to part the last 24 hours of my dearest mother's life," Princess Anne said inside a statement. "It has been an honour accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a privilege to go accompanied by her on her final journeys. Witnessing the deep affection accompanied by every one one other accompanied by esteem shown by so numerous on these journeys has been both humbling accompanied by every one one other accompanied by uplifting."

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Casket of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace