00:00So the Queen's Coffin will fly to London today, what else can we expect?
00:05We're going to see an incredibly moving departure for the Queen's Coffin from Scotland which is a place she had
00:10such a strong affinity with
00:12and she's going to be accompanied on her final journey back to London by Princess Anne.
00:17They're going to arrive at RAF Northolt, there will be a lot of sort of pomp and circumstance around that
00:23and then she will return to Buckingham Palace to lie overnight in the Bow Room
00:28and the members of the Royal Family including the King, the Queen Consort are going to be there.
00:33And I was going to say, who else can we expect to see?
00:37It's too early to confirm all the names but it's fair to say that several members of the Queen's closest
00:43family will be present.
00:45It's going to be a private moment, this is something that the family wants to do without cameras present.
00:51It's a chance for them to say their final goodbyes before, if you like, handing the Queen over to the
00:57nation for the lying in state.
00:59And I would imagine that group, it would be made up of her family and potentially even some close friends
01:04to have that final moment with her.
01:07I think it's fair to assume that that will be the case but details may be coming out later on
01:13in the day.
01:14Because it's a private event, understandably, we're not being given all the details at this moment.
01:20And before all that happens, King Charles is in Northern Ireland today, so what has he been doing while he's
01:26been there?
01:26It's been beloved by him for so many years.
01:29King Charles has had an incredibly busy day, he hasn't stopped to draw breath and he's already packed in a
01:34visit to Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
01:37He has received a message of condolences from the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
01:42He was a member of Sinn Féin, so that in itself was a very significant moment because this is a
01:48party that's traditionally obviously been opposed to the royal family and wants a united Ireland.
01:54So this is a very big moment.
01:56He's also attending a service at St Anne's Cathedral and that will be another moment to reflect on the Queen's
02:03life and he'll be meeting members of the public outside.
02:05So we haven't seen many of the Queen's grandchildren in the recent days.
02:11When can we expect to see them again? Is that a purposeful kind of stepping back?
02:16I think it's fair to say that there are very important moments for the King and Queen Consort coming up
02:21and no one wants to overshadow these.
02:24And these are particularly important, his visits to Northern Ireland, to Wales later this week and in Scotland.
02:30But I do think we will see more of the grandchildren in the coming days, not least in the procession
02:36behind the Queen's coffin.
02:38And Princess Anne, you know, we spoke a little bit about it yesterday, but, you know, she has remained with
02:43her mother and she will be on that flight back as well.
02:47She really is her mother's daughter, isn't she?
02:49Princess Anne has just been incredibly stoic throughout this.
02:52She's obviously deeply, deeply saddened by the loss of her mother.
02:57You know, I think we can all see the grief on her face, but she is duty bound like the
03:01Queen was before her.
03:02And she, in many ways, is a very similar character to her late father, the Duke of Edinburgh.
03:07And I think we've seen that coming through her sort of decision to be by her mother's side right up
03:12to the very end.
03:13It's been incredibly touching.
03:15So during the walkabout, Prince William did tell a well-wisher that he's kind of giving his children that sense
03:20of normality by allowing them to stay in school.
03:23Can we assume that of the rest of the royal great grandchildren?
03:26I think it's fair to assume that other parents, other grandchildren of the Queen, will want their children to have
03:33as normal an experience at the moment as possible and to stay in their routines.
03:38But I'm sure they're also all taking time out to talk to them carefully about what's happened and to express
03:45their emotions at this really difficult time.
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