Edinburgh awaits the arrival of Elizabeth II's coffin

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Edinburgh

anxiously awaits the arrival of the mortal remains of Elizabeth II.

The funeral procession will leave at ten o'clock on Sunday morning (eleven in Spain) from

and will travel 280 kilometers - with stops in

- to reach the Scottish capital after five hours.

There he will rest temporarily in the

of

, awaiting the arrival of the entire royal family.

King Charles III will later join the religious ceremony at

on Monday , where he will set up a 24-hour burning chapel that can be visited by thousands of Scots.

"It will be especially moving to see Her Majesty's coffin begin its journey to Edinburgh," Chief Minister

told reporters .

"His death of hers at Balmoral Castle marks the loss of one of the most loved people in Scotland. This will be an opportunity for our people to publicly express their shared grief."

Nicola Sturgeon has even referred to Elizabeth II these days as the 'Queen of Scots'.

The leader of

, who will dispatch for the first time with Carlos III on Monday, has temporarily soaked her pro-independence airs and has recalled the strong ties of the monarchy with

.

The new king, who spends the summer regularly at his Birkhall residence and has been photographed on numerous occasions with the Scottish tantan, will start his tour of the "four nations" in Edinburgh, which will take him to Northern Ireland on Tuesday and later during the week to

, following his return to

in time for the transfer of the burning chapel to

.

The funeral for Elizabeth II, which will be attended by dozens of leaders from around the world, will be held on September 19 at

.

Her last funeral procession will transfer her remains this very day to

, where she will finally be buried in the crypt

, next to the tomb of

.

The Scots will therefore be the first to pay tribute to the Queen, three days after her death at Balmoral.

The coffin will leave the castle on Sunday morning and the procession will head along the A93 road towards

.

After an hour the arrival in Aberdeen, the third Scottish city, is scheduled to slow down along the

and there will even be an act presided over by the local authorities.

The procession will then follow the A90 towards Dundee, where it is scheduled to arrive at two in the afternoon and there will also be a formal stop between

and

, before heading towards Edinburgh.

Arrival at

is scheduled for 5pm local time.

The official residence of the royal family in the Scottish capital has become the obligatory place of pilgrimage since the death of the monarch.

As in Buckingham, the flowers form mountains and the protective fences contain the human tide that does not stop, with the sound of bagpipes and the parades of the

making the difference.

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