EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) \u2014 With her four children walking silently behind the hearse,\u00a0Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s flag-draped oak coffin\u00a0made the solemn journey Monday along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital to a cathedral for a service of thanksgiving for her 70-year reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four days after the 96-year-old monarch died\u00a0at her beloved Balmoral Castle\u00a0in the Scottish Highlands, a military bagpiper played as the queen\u2019s coffin, draped in the royal standard, was carried from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh and placed in a hearse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
King Charles III, dressed in army uniform, and Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward walked behind as the hearse traveled to St. Giles\u2019 Cathedral flanked by a bearer party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a detachment of The King\u2019s Body Guard in Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles, Anne and Edward all wore military uniforms, but Andrew did not. The Royal Navy veteran was stripped of his honorary military titles and was removed as a working royal over his friendship with the notorious U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coffin will remain at the cathedral until Tuesday so members of the public can pay their respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One man appeared to shout angrily at the hearse as it passed, while others called out: \u201cGod save the king!\u201d But the procession was greeted mostly with a respectful silence under blue skies flecked with white clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, a car carrying Charles and his wife Camilla passed the huge crowds of people who were packed behind metal barriers along the Royal Mile, the road between Holyroodhouse and St. Giles\u2019 Cathedral. Onlookers clapped and waved as the king\u2019s limousine passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On their way, they passed large crowds of people who were packed behind metal barriers along the Royal Mile, the road between Holyroodhouse and St. Giles. Onlookers clapped and waved as the king\u2019s limousine passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles and Camilla got out of their car at Holyroodhouse and greeted people, and looked at floral tributes before a gun salute boomed from Edinburgh Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, in London, Charles received condolences at Parliament and told lawmakers he would follow his late mother\u2019s example of \u201cselfless duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The queen\u2019s grandson, Prince Harry, hailed her as a \u201cguiding compass\u201d and praised her \u201cunwavering grace and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government, meanwhile, announced that the nation will observe a minute of silence on Sunday, the evening before the queen\u2019s funeral. The \u201cmoment of reflection\u201d will take place at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT). People were encouraged to mark the silence at home or at community events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king, and he replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A trumpet fanfare greeted the king and Camilla as they entered the hall, which was packed with hundreds of legislators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles told members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would follow his late mother in upholding \u201cthe precious principles of constitutional governance\u201d that underpin the U.K.\u2019s political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hall, with its magnificent hammer-beam roof, is the oldest part of the parliamentary complex \u2014 a remnant of the medieval Palace of Westminster that once stood on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves, with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all,\u201d Charles said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons. That rule dates from the 17th century, when King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation between crown and Parliament led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier Monday, a personal statement posted on Harry and his wife Meghan\u2019s Archwell website said he cherished their times together \u201cfrom my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a\u00a0possible sign of a reconciliation\u00a0as Harry and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The national outpouring of grief continued Sunday as thousands of people\u00a0lined streets and roadsides\u00a0as the oak coffin was borne from the late queen\u2019s beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat, where she died on Thursday, to Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Edinburgh, the king will walk behind his mother\u2019s coffin as it is slowly transported from Holyroodhouse to St. Giles\u2019 Cathedral, where the crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin ahead of a service of prayer and reflection on the life and 70-year reign of the\u00a0widely cherished monarch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The queen\u2019s coffin will lie at the cathedral for 24 hours, giving members of the public a chance to file past and pay their respects. On Tuesday, it will be flown to London where the coffin will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament Palace from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of the funeral on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities already have\u00a0issued rules and guidelines\u00a0for people wanting to pay their respects in London, with a long queue expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After visiting Scotland, Charles embarks on a tour of the other nations that make up the United Kingdom \u2014 he visits the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast, on Tuesday and Wales on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry\u2019s statement ended on a poignant note alluding to the death last year of his grandfather, Prince Philip, saying that \u201cWe, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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