After leaving Balmoral Castle on Sunday, the remains of Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Edinburgh in the afternoon by road.
From Monday morning the new King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will arrive by plane in Scotland to go to Saint-Gilles Cathedral where the coffin will be exposed to the public before a vigil this Monday evening in the presence of the royal family.
According to protocol, Princess Anne will then accompany her mother's remains on Tuesday from St. Giles Cathedral to Edinburgh Airport where a private jet will fly to a military airport in the suburbs of London. .
Meanwhile the new King Charles III is expected to make an express visit to Northern Ireland.
It is at 7 p.m. Tuesday that the coffin of the late queen should cross the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Procession through the streets of London on Wednesday
Wednesday will be a very emotional day as the funeral procession will leave Buckingham Palace in the early afternoon to go to Westminster Abbey.
The protocol provided that this procession through the streets of London should last about 40 minutes.
The queen's coffin will then remain in the abbey until the religious ceremony of her funeral, still scheduled for Monday, September 19.
During these four days the public will be able to pay a last tribute to the queen whose coffin should be exposed.