Thousands Line Streets as Queen Elizabeth II’s Coffin Makes Journey to Final Resting Place

Crowds watch as the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, passes Mercat Cross in Edinburgh on Sept. 11, 2022. Ian Forsyth/PA Media

Thousands of mourners gathered in the streets of Scotland as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin began an eight-day journey to her final resting place.

On Sept. 11, the hearse carrying the queen’s coffin left Balmoral castle in rural Scotland, the 96-year-old monarch’s favourite residence, where she died on Sept. 8.