As Elizabeth’s coffin leaves Balmoral on its way to Edinburgh, her neighbours in the village of Ballater say their parting will be sad, but restrained
The Queen will pay a slow farewell to Scotland on Sunday, as the cortege carrying her coffin leaves Balmoral and passes through Royal Deeside before travelling to Edinburgh and the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Her final journey has been carefully mapped, and progress through this heavily forested corner of the Cairngorm mountains will be slow. For most of the locals on Deeside, this will be their chance to say goodbye to someone they regarded as a cherished neighbour.
