Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived at Buckingham Palace

Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives in London 10:55 (CNN) — Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, after being transported by car from RAF Northholt air base in west London. The queen’s family received the coffin on arrival at the palace, where it will rest in the Bow Room overnight. The coffin was flown from Edinburgh early Tuesday on a C-17 Globemaster transport plane, the Supreme Commander of the Air Forces, Sir Mike Wigston, told Sky News in an on-camera interview on Tuesday. The C-17 landing at RAF Northolt. It is a “well-used aircraft, it carried most of the 15,000 people we evacuated from Kabul last summer,” Wigston said. “And since then he has been involved in airlifting humanitarian aid and lethal aid nodes to support Ukraine,” he added. Princess Anne accompanied the queen on her last flight. The late monarch’s only daughter was also the only one of the queen’s four children to accompany her coffin from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh on Monday. In a statement, Ana said that it had been “an honor and a privilege” to accompany her mother on her recent trips. “Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been humbling and inspiring,” she added. “We will all share unique memories. I offer my thanks to each and everyone who shares our sense of loss.” Royal Air Force Color Squadron bearers carry the queen’s coffin in an RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Edinburgh airport on September 13. Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, watch bearers carrying the queen’s coffin in Edinburgh. Mourners had queued outside St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday night to take their turn and pay their final respects. The Scottish government said more than 26,000 people were able to parade in front of the queen. Tuesday marked Charles’s first trip to Northern Ireland as the UK’s new monarch, following in the footsteps of his mother, who was seen as a symbol of union and was a major figure during the Northern Ireland peace process. North. The historic visit saw the king arrive at the royal residence, Hillsborough Castle, where he greeted the public and viewed floral tributes. There he met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, and the leaders of Northern Ireland’s main political parties. King Charles III of the United Kingdom, flanked by Camilla, the queen consort, makes a speech after receiving a message of condolences in Northern Ireland. People line up to see the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as she lies at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. Charles and Camilla received a message of condolence from the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alex Maskey, to which the King replied: “In the years since she began her long life of public service, my mother has seen Northern Ireland She was going through momentous and historic changes. Throughout all those years, she never stopped praying for the best of times for this place and its people. King Charles added that he would follow his mother’s example of dedicating himself “to their country and their people and to uphold the principles of constitutional government.” After the reception at the castle, the king and queen consort arrived at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast for an evening service of prayer and reflection. They were to be presented to religious and community leaders from across Northern Ireland. More than 800 people were expected to take part in the church service, which was also attended by UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Her visit comes at a time difficult for Northern Ireland, where political tensions are high and key issues around Brexit remain unresolved. While the majority of the country voted to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, the UK’s ruling Conservative Party signed a Brexit deal that created new customs barriers between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. Elizabeth was monarch for 70 years of Northern Ireland’s 101-year history. She was queen during the bloody 30 years of violence known as “The Troubles”, which pitted UK unionists against Irish nationalists, with the British Crown the emblem of much of what divided the province. Unionists are loyal to the Crown and to the traditional British values ​​they believe it enshrines. To Irish nationalists, she is the symbol of the British forces that subjugated her ancestors and annexed her land. What do the symbolisms mean in the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II? 1:12 Louis Mountbatten, the last British viceroy in India and Charles’s favorite great-uncle, was assassinated by Irish republicans along with several of his grandchildren in 1979. The queen publicly set aside those differences during a visit to Northern Ireland in 2012, shaking hands with Martin McGuinness, one of the Republicans most associated with past violence. Carlos also shook hands with Gerry Adams in 2015, seen as another milestone in the fragile peace process, as Adams had long been associated with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), once considered the armed wing of Sinn Fein, which is now the largest party in Northern Ireland. The King and Queen consort have now returned to London on their return from Belfast. Charles III, center, and other members of the royal family hold a vigil around the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II at St. Giles Cathedral on Monday. CNN’s Nic Robertson and Max Foster contributed to this report.