King Charles III is due to hold meetings at Buckingham Palace on Sunday afternoon with religious and Commonwealth leaders, according to a palace statement.
The King is expected to receive the Secretary General of the Commonwealth and the Dean of Windsor, Buckingham Palace said. He will also attend a reception with the kingdom’s high commissioners.
The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle – where Queen Elizabeth will be buried alongside her parents, sister and Prince Philip.
On Saturday, Charles pledged the rest of his life to the monarchy after he was formally confirmed as the new king of the United Kingdom during a ceremony at St. James.
Queen Elizabeth II’s body leaves Balmoral Castle for Scotland’s capital
The oak coffin carrying the body of Queen Elizabeth II left Balmoral Castle on Sunday morning and began a procession journey, which should take around six hours, to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
Thousands of people accompany the car on the route that will pass through Scottish cities and towns such as Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
The final point of the trip is the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the royals in Scotland, where the body of the monarch will spend the night.
Since the Queen’s death, her coffin – covered with the Royal Standard of Scotland and a wreath – has stood in the ballroom at Balmoral Castle, where staff were given the chance to pay their last respects.
At 6:00 a.m. PDT on Sunday, game wardens took the coffin to a hearse waiting for the coffin of the beloved monarch to begin its six-hour journey to Edinburgh at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The road trip normally takes around three hours, however it will be driven slowly to allow people to witness the hearse along the way and say goodbye as it passes.
An honor guard composed of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will greet the hearse arriving in Edinburgh this afternoon with a royal salute before being transferred to the Throne Room by a military group.
Source: CNN Brasil
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