UK Queen's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin was greeted by crowds at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening after it was taken to the British capital by plane from Scotland. King Charles III met the casket at the palace, where it will spend the night at the queen's London home. It will be taken on a horse-drawn gun carriage on Wednesday to the Houses of Parliament to lie in state for four days before Monday’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.

King Charles III and his siblings stood in silent vigil around their mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward lowered their heads as they stood at four sides of the oak coffin. They stood for about 10 minutes alongside four members of the Royal Company of Archers, who stood guard armed with arrows and quivers. As they performed the traditional vigil, a procession of members of the public lined up to view the queen’s coffin and filed past. Some bowed as they passed the king, while others walked solemnly by with their heads lowered.