Death of Queen Elizabeth II - latest updates as coffin to begin journey to final resting place

The Queen's coffin will today be taken from Balmoral to Edinburgh.

The oak coffin, which has been draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland and with a wreath of flowers on top, will be lifted into a hearse at Balmoral on Sunday at 10am by six of the estate’s gamekeepers, who have been tasked with the symbolic gesture.

It will then take six hours to reach the Scottish capital.

In Edinburgh, Nicola Sturgeon and other party leaders in Scotland are expected to observe the coffin as it goes past the Scottish Parliament.

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From there it will be taken into the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where it will remain for the night.

Queen Elizabeth will then lie in state at St Giles Cathedral for 24 hours and members of the royal family, including the King, will stand beside the coffin from 7.20pm in a tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes. Mourners will be able to view the coffin from 5pm on Monday.

The Princess Royal will accompany the Queen’s body back to London on Tuesday, September 13.

Meanwhile, the King's will be proclaimed the new monarch in Manchecster at 1pm today. It had been announced yesterday that the Queen’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey on September 19 at 11am, the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk has announced.

We will have all the latest news and updates throughout the day in our live blog.

Members of the public have started gathering in Ballater early to pay their respects to the late Queen.

The village, which lies about eight miles east of Balmoral, will see the royal cortege pass through later on Sunday as it heads to Edinburgh.

Families have been seen setting up picnic chairs and attaching union