or ballater. max foster, speak to us about ballater here. this is where we will start to see the crowds and the people coming out to pay their respects and honor the late queen. >> yeah, i just wanted -- you asked me earlier if we will see a member of the royal family today, i'm being told that we will see a member of the royal family in the reception at the palace of holyrood, there will be a royal salute when the coffin arrives there. i'm not quite here who that will be, i imagine it will be anne. >> i was going to say because she was there the whole time, princess anne. >> she's going to accompany the coffin back to london as well. ballater is the first place we're going to get -- the public will have a chance to see the coffin. this is an incredibly powerful moment. i think to be respectful we should just listen in for a moment because the whole point of this entire exercise is to allow local people to have their moment with the queen. >>> the queen's coffin is driving now through the scottish

the fact that she was in val engine ballater square there is a significance for that.was a very special place for the queen. it's where she went last summer when her husband had died and she wanted time alone in the course as we know when she returned from ballater square this time last year at the end of summer break that the first time we discovered there was something great and a great resignation to have her there and the whole nation. >> and think about the significance that it held for she and the duke of edinburgh, for 73 years. i watched the video when they were courting and he went there for a three week stay with her family just around the time the engagement was announced. she was very young. 21 years old when that was happening. clearly from the videos you can see prince philip also loved being there. he was a prince of greece and denmark but fell in love with islands no doubt. for the family that they continue on with all these generations. >> it was a wonderful thing that the queen and her husband shared for all those years. she could so rightfully say. p

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ballater is a small town on the river dee just ballater is a small town on the river deejust eight ballatereight miles from balmoral and the place with the queen you locals and shopkeepers since our little girl. local butcher recalled a conversation he had with the queen less than fortnight ago. about balmoral, the queen is reported to have said she felt she could hang up crying at the door and live as close to a normal life as possible. people in ballater were very protective of her in the news of her death hit many heart. it was a tribute to the affection in which the queen held them that the cortege slowed there this mourning and hundreds turned out to bid herfinal i was scotland editorjames cook has been speaking to people in the town to find out what today's procession meant to them.— to find out what today's procession meant to them. sometimes, history unfolds quietly- _ meant to them. sometimes, history unfolds quietly. ballater, _ meant to them. sometimes, history unfolds quietly. ballater, bidding i unfolds quietly. ballater, bidding farewell to soften. and a neighbour. —— to a sov

james cook, bbc news, ballater.cher in the village of ballater — which is a supplier of meat to balmoral. he's met the queen on several occasions, including on a visit she made after the village was flooded by a storm in 2015. hejoined me a little earlier, and i asked him what it was like meeting the queen over the years. yes, i have met the queen on a few different occasions. i met her when she came down and actually into the shop in 2015. she came down to actually see the shop and what we actually do here. we are seeing a little there where she did indeed visit. and you with your interactions, what are your memories of her? she was a lovely lady. very knowledgeable, she knew who i was, what she was coming to ask me about. somebody was keeping her well informed. or she was doing her homework. she was really charming. it must be strange, hearing a lot of bit what it was like in the town of ballater, how was it for you today after this momentous occasion as her coffin has left the members of the royal family as well?

>> well it was after the floods in ballater, there was i think i don't member some of the pictures. he wanted to go see it from himself, the damage of the estate, but he also wanted to visit scottish shops and businesses just to see how they were covering. so i picked him up off the sleep, or a sleeper from london. picked him up in edinburg, seven clock in the morning, we drove to balmoral. he went into the village, and then he went on to the extent the estate, and then i pick them up again, and we drove back. and i went back on the sleeper. he was 95 years old. in other ways he never wasted a single minute of his life. it was an extraordinary experience. >> it was a two of them together, wasn't it? who loved about moral. before that, it was the queen's parents as well at the time, duke of duchess and york, before he became king george the sixth. so it's really rooted in her and her happy memories as a child. but in later in life, what did she get that pumped being there and in this part of the world? >> i think she did love pink and adored. not the weather, nothing face the majesty

james cook, bbc news, ballater.o what will be happening in the coming days, during this period of national mourning. the queen's coffin remains in the throne room at holyroodhouse in edinburgh for the next few hours. on monday, the king and members of the royal family will accompany the coffin in a procession along the royal mile to st giles�* cathedral, where a service will be held. the queen will lie at rest at the cathedral for 2h hours, allowing the public to view her coffin for the first time. on tuesday, the coffin will leave the cathedral to be flown from edinburgh to london by the royal air force. it will arrive at raf northolt on tuesday evening and then travel by road — about 15 kilometres — to buckingham palace, to rest in the bow room. princess anne will accompany the queen's body. on wednesday afternoon the coffin will be taken from buckingham palace to the palace of westminster. that will be a slow procession, accompanied by a military parade and by members of the royal family. the queen will lie in st

and i spoke to the minister at the church in ballater, which is the nearest town to balmoral castle, tell you about one of the anecdotes that he shared with me. he was talking about the floods in ballater, which caused huge destruction to part of the town in 2015, and later, after repairs had been made, the queen paid a visit to thank volunteers. fine been made, the queen paid a visit to thank volunteers.— thank volunteers. one of the people that she spoke _ thank volunteers. one of the people that she spoke to _ thank volunteers. one of the people that she spoke to was _ thank volunteers. one of the people that she spoke to was a _ thank volunteers. one of the people that she spoke to was a gentleman l that she spoke to was a gentleman one go younger than the queen, he had always taken care of the war memorial in front of the church in ballater. and although he was elderly, after the floods, he painstakingly restored the war memorial to its pristine condition and when the queen was meeting him, she said, you do remember me, don't you? and it turned out that he was the son of someone

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. >> she loved ballater. she loved it and we loved her as well. >> reporter: some even throwing flowers as the hearse drove by. some farmers showing up with honor guard of tractors. >> community doing their part to show their appreciation for what she'd done for agriculture. >> reporter: later down the road, a dozen horses paying tribute to the queen. in edinburgh, this final leg of the procession, eventually met by members of the royal regimen of scotland. >> we're part of history standing there. >> reporter: some of the queen's children greeting the coffin in silence. the queen will lie in state in london for four days starting on wednesday. members of the public are being warned to expect long lines and security checks. they're also being told to dress appropriately and stay silent once inside westminster hall. >> and ines, we're hearing about extra-tight security about next monday's funeral. the website politico is saying world leaders will have to share buses to westminster abbey. they can't take their o

just down the dee from balmoral, ballater is now in mourning. but it is bustling with well—wishers.utcher to the queen. he last spoke to her just three weeks ago. she was on good form. i mean, she looked a bit frail but to be quite honest it was hard to believe yesterday's news. what did she mean to the community here? she was probably the heart of the community. when the queen was up here in residence in the summertime the place was buzzing. i don't know if we'll ever see that again. she could live here a relatively normal life, couldn't she? people knew that and allowed her to do so. without a doubt. i mean, if the queen arrives in the village, there is a buzz about, the queen is in the village, but nobody bothered her. another local highlight was the annual ghillies ball, and a chance for a royal dance. nervous as i was, everybody there got to dance with the queen, effectively, scottish country dance and you only held her hand for a little while. nevertheless, you got to hold the queen's hand. she was fantastic at herjob. and to be working for all those years, she has been a wond

. >> children patiently waiting in ballater. and in aberdeenshire, farmers lined the way with tractors. >> doing their part to show their appreciation for what she'd done for agriculture. >> later down the road, a dozen horses paying tribute to the queen, an equestrian in her younger years. this final leg of the procession met with somber faces. this girl purchased on another's shoulders. and, as the hearse arrived at holyroodhouse, it was met by members of the royal regiment of scotland, some of the queen's children greeting the coffin in silence. princess anne giving a courtesy, a show of respect for her mother. hundreds gathered at castle for the 96-gun salute. queen charles was formally recognized in scotland and in wales. on saturday, the new king was proclaimed monarch by the accession council. >> phillip arthur george is now become our only lawful and rightful leader lord, charles iii. >> the king making a personal declaration. >> i'm deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of s

first it will go past a tiny little village, picturesque village of ballater where myself and the crewwhere so many people we have spoken to had wonderful stories to tell of not just the queen, bumping into the queen, seeing her on walks, even in the butcher shop and as well as king charles iii, wonderful stories. they will take the time of course to pay tribute, bow their heads and wait and line the streets as a sign of respect. it will then go past several of the big cities, a city of aberdeen, dundee, perth and then it will come down the royal mile where i am, the beginning of the royal mile, go past of course the st. giles' cathedral to my right, continue further down and really where you are for today, the palace of holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch here in scotland. she will stay there for overnight before of course we're seeing a procession tomorrow led by the king and the royal fam family. >> isa soares, thank you very much. it's going to be a long journey in the days ahead to honor the queen and her life and her service. i want to bring in now cnn anchor and

and the coffin will make a special stop in ballater to allow the people of ballater to pay their ownere was a feeling of sympathy and empathy on both sides. that was exactly the point that struck me as i was watching them. they felt so relatable because obviously their grief was very visible as they walked by, but also as we all have done at funerals, when we are mourning a loved one, a little chuckle, a little memory, an arm around a relative, and i thought it was very moving to watch them interact just very briefly with the well—wishers, but very much being together as a family. well-wishers, but very much being together as a family.— together as a family. yes, and you must remember, _ together as a family. yes, and you must remember, this _ together as a family. yes, and you must remember, this is _ together as a family. yes, and you must remember, this is their - together as a family. yes, and you l must remember, this is their private home in scotland, it is like sandringham, it is not part of the crown estate. they are not coming to some grand castle, although it is pretty gran

having said that, ballater will mark the moment of reflection on sunday evening at 8pm, whether it willill have the opportunity to come and stand with us and remember the queen at that very poignant moment. down the coast in the aberdeenshire fishing village of gourdon, a different take. at the pub, johnny will be showing proceedings on the screens — a community event with a spread of food. it is most definitely a wake. it's no wakening term, it's a celebration. people will be coming in, there won't be any music or anything on apart from that, which is accompanying, or anything on apart from that which is accompanying, like, the tv service. yeah, it's a large wake and we're just inviting locals to come in and take part in this experience, because no—one really, in the last 70 years, has experienced anything like this, so it's going to be something new all us. we also had the queen attend - the cathedral on several occasions. she would attend often for national events. - tales of times gone by here at what's thought to be scotland's biggest cathedral. we come to this significant pew in t

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council is going to be laying on some shuttle buses today to bring people from local towns like ballaterthe queen. we expect that floral tributes that has been growing since the news emerged yesterday of the queen's death to grow throughout today, as well. of course this place, balmoral, is always held such a special place in the queen's heart was not even as a child when she holidayed here she talked about how happy it made her to be here in scotland, and that was something that family members, members of the royal family said in recent documentaries about the queen, that this was her happy place, a place she could be free, she could breathe, relax with friends and family and her beloved dogs, walking, driving around the area and she was very much and well—known and well loved figure to people in this part of scotland. we can show you a really lovely image, taken by the countess of wessex, which you may have seen before of the queen and prince philip having a picnic here on the balmoral estate, looking incredibly relaxed, i think you will agree that it is also amazing to think thatjust

our next story is from brian scott, who is a butcher from ballater.yes, sometimes it was, yes. but we we deliver to the estate. so we on a on a daily basis would drive into the estate and meet the queen or the queen's grandkids or members of the royal family. so on a day to day basis, you bump into them. so yeah, it was occasionally. yeah, yeah, it was good. and how was the queen treated by locals? certainly when i spoke to people there last week, they said that they very much felt that connection with the royal estate and felt very protective of the royal family. yeah. we consider the queen as a local member of the community, and she was one of our neighbours, and she was very well respected, not only not only as head of the monarchy, but also like a very, very well known local to the village. i mean, she could be walking down the street and she would walk straight past you and you would never know that it was the queen just walking past you. so she was very good at hiding her disguise, you know, with a with a headscarf and a tatty kind of waterproof

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aberdeenshire council have laid on shuttle buses to bring people from towns like braemar and ballaterrse we are looking out for a point at which the new king leaves balmoral, with the queen consort, camilla, a little later on today, and extraordinary to think that we are less than 24—hour is into hearing that news from the queen's doctors yesterday that they were worried about her health, the concern is growing with the news that members of the royal family were travelling here to be with her, and so, her eldest son arrived as prince charles. he will leave today as king charles iii. morning his mother but taking on the huge responsibilities of the monarch. —— mourning his mother. brute responsibilities of the monarch. -- mourning his mother.— mourning his mother. we will stay with the pictures _ mourning his mother. we will stay with the pictures of _ mourning his mother. we will stay with the pictures of people - mourning his mother. we will stayj with the pictures of people leaving candles, cards, flowers, messages of condolence and individual tokens of affection for the only monarc

but i would have thought they are travelling through these towns, can carden and to ballater, which isn airport so we would anticipate seeing those members of the royal family here at the main entrance to the balmoral estate at around 5pm or a little after. the road here is still open to the public, traffic is passing by the front of the castle gates. the armed guard presence outside is normal, that is usual for when the queen is in residence here but what is unusual is the local car park, which is often even at this time of yearfull of cars, which is often even at this time of year full of cars, members the public enjoying it, coming to view the balmoral estate, that has been closed to the public at this time and of course there are some well—wishers gathering here. there are members of the press as well, some members of the press quite emotional which is unusual for people in this part of scotland who are quite reserved —— some people are quite reserved —— some people are also quite emotional with one gentleman saying he hopes her majesty the queen get some comfort from being somewhe

here, it is quite a restricted entrance so the police have organised it so people have to drive to ballaterheir tribute, many of them knew her, she was very much seen as a member of the community, she spent such a lot of time here, and many people brought children, far too young to know that they are participating in a moment of history, saying to me, wejust want them a moment of history, saying to me, we just want them as they grow up to have a connection with the queen in the way that we have. over all of these years, because of course all they will know is aching, going forward, but for the rest of us, we have lived our lives with the queen as our monarch, and we were talking earlier, john, won't we, that moment, i think when the coffin passes through those gates, for those of us who still find it almost hard to believe that the queen 's gone, that will be the moment when reality is made obvious, and it is no longer surreal, it is real. that's right, sarah, at balmoral, thank you very much indeed. that is what so many people have said to us here over the last few hours, people determined

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