Queen Elizabeth news: Her Majesty to leave Buckingham Palace for final time before MILLIONS pay their last respects

QUEEN Elizabeth II will leave Buckingham Palace for the final time before lying in state begins in Westminster later this evening.

In touching scenes, King Charles III welcomed Her Majesty back to Buckingham Palace after thousands of mourners paid their respects at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh yesterday.

The Queen was welcomed back to the palace with loud cheers as her motorcade and hearse drove into the palace gates.

Members of the public are already queueing for the Queen’s lying in state at Westminster Hall, which opens today, and thousands are still placing floral tributes in Green Park.

At exactly 2.22pm the coffin will leave Buckingham Palace.

King Charles and members of the Royal Family will lead the procession behind the gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery as it carries the coffin to Westminster Hall.

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