Crowds applauded as the Queen's coffin was slowly driven along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

You can watch the historic moment in the video below.

The Queen's coffin was greeted with a guard of honour before being carried into Holyroodhouse. The Queen will remain in the throne room of the palace overnight.

As the coffin was taken into the palace, three of the Queen's children looked on - Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

King Charles is currently in London but will travel to Edinburgh tomorrow.

The Queen's procession has now reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - the end of today's six hour journey.

The coffin will remain at Holyroodhouse overnight and it will proceed to St Giles' Cathedral on Monday afternoon.

The coffin will remain under continuous vigil for 24 hours, with the public able to pay their respects.

Ripples of applause can be heard as the Queen's funeral cortege travels through central Edinburgh.

As we mentioned earlier, huge crowds of people have turned out to see Her Majesty's final journey.

The procession will now head to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Niall McCracken
Reporting from Edinburgh

Thousands of people have waited for hours in Edinburgh to pay their respects as the procession makes its way to the palace of Holyroodhouse.

“I’ve a flight to catch later, but we had to come and pay our respects while we were here," said Dillon Hay, who is visiting Scotland from Bangor in Northern Ireland.

“I’ve actually found it emotional on behalf of my nanny, I rang her and she was in floods of tears."

Ian Upritchard is also visiting Edinburgh from Northern Ireland, and describes himself as a “royalist”.

“It’s part of history being here when the King is crowned.

“We went to Holyrood Palace and [we've] seen all the floral tributes, it was pretty special."

Andrew Picken
Reporting from Edinburgh

The cortege is now on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh's Royal Mile has been stripped of its regular chaotic beat of bagpipes, street performers and tour guides.

In its place is hushed chatter and an air of anticipation.

The best city centre vantage points are full; curious tourists and locals mingle along a seemingly endless line of metal barriers.

Bradley Harkins, visiting from Chicago, says: "There's a real sense that something major is happening. I was at the proclamation earlier and it sent shivers down my spine even though today was the first time I'd heard of any of this."

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People clap as the Queen's cortege makes its way through the city of Dundee earlier today.

The procession is now crossing the new Queensferry Crossing, linking Fife to Edinburgh.

The Queen visited the Forth Road Bridge in 2014 to mark its 50th anniversary and was back just three years later to cut the ribbon on its £1.35bn replacement.

Queen Elizabeth II said the Queensferry Crossing, the UK's tallest bridge, was a "breathtaking sight" and one of three "magnificent structures" across the Forth.

The coffin has reached the most southerly point of Fife. It is about to pass Rosyth, where the UK's largest warship was officially named in the Queen's honour in June 2014.

She smashed a bottle of whisky against the side of the aircraft carrier at Rosyth dockyard.

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Victoria Cowie, 22, is from Shropshire and studies medicine at the University of St Andrews. She lives in Dundee and was in position hours before the cortege reaches the city.

“I wanted to come and see the procession because the Queen was an incredible person," Victoria says.

“I saw her once in person when she was getting off the train in Shropshire.

“I think when the Queen’s procession passes by, it will be a sombre moment. But I hope it’s also a celebration of her."

The cortege has passed Perth and will soon travel through Fife - a short hop from St Andrews where the Queen's grandson William went to university and met his future wife, Catherine.

She joined Prince Philip, her son Charles and his wife, Camilla, at the graduation ceremony in June 2005.

Here's a picture of that moment:

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Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent

As the cortege travels through Scotland, we're watching the first steps of a journey that will last more than a week, before culminating at the state funeral next Monday.

It's a ceremonial journey with its own narrative.

It's going from the homely setting of six Balmoral gamekeepers lifting her coffin, to the grandeur of Westminster Abbey in London, where the pews will be packed with world leaders.

When the Queen’s father George VI died in 1952 gamekeepers at Sandringham had formed a guard of honour for his coffin.

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Balmoral was one of the Queen’s favourite places, perhaps because it gave her more privacy. Prime ministers visiting there were said to have been surprised to see her doing the washing up after a meal.

She's left there now for the last time, with flowers picked from her Scottish estate on the coffin, including white heather, pine fir, phlox, dahlias and sweet peas, which were said to be one of her favourites.

Mourners are now gathered in towns along the route, or dotted along the roadside to watch the funeral cortege, with these small groups about to become much bigger crowds, as the journey reaches Edinburgh and then London.

Katy Scott
Reporting from Dundee

Clouds drew in across Scotland’s sunniest city as the Queen Elizabeth made her final journey through Dundee.

As the road grew quiet, the crowd pulled closer to the road and the police cordon in anticipation of seeing the late Queen’s coffin.

Many hundreds fell quiet as the cortège passed through the Kingsway and the people of Dundee paid their final respects.

A scatter of applause broke out among some in the crowd as the Queen’s coffin pulled up in front of the council leaders of Tayside and Fife and left the city for the last time.

Jessica Parker
Reporting from Gibraltar

At a ceremony in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, Charles III has officially been proclaimed King.

Three cheers for His Majesty rang out across a city centre square as hundreds gathered to watch a military parade and Gibraltar’s Governor, Sir David Steel, read the proclamation from the balcony of his official residence.

Sir David, a retired senior Royal Navy officer, previously served as the Queen’s Aide-de-Camp. Speaking to the BBC, he recalled Her Majesty's "dignity, sense of duty, sense of humour and a love for what she did".

The Rock, as it's often called, lies at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

Spain has a longstanding claim over the territory but locals have twice, within living memory, voted overwhelmingly to remain British.

"This, to all intents and purposes, is just part of the United Kingdom separated by 1,000 miles," Sir David said.

Prince William has spoken to Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford by phone today, vowing to serve the Welsh people with "humility and great respect" in his new role as the Prince of Wales.

He said he and Catherine were honoured to have been asked to take on the new roles and would "spend the months and years ahead deepening their relationship with communities across Wales", a statement from Kensington Palace said.

Prince William said he and Catherine had a "deep affection for Wales", having made their first family home in Anglesey.

As Prince and Princess of Wales, the couple "want to do their part to support the aspirations of the Welsh people and to shine a spotlight on both the challenges and opportunities in front of them", the statement added.

Shaimaa Khalil
Reporting from Sydney

King Charles III has been officially proclaimed as the ruling monarch of Australia by Governor-General David Hurley in the capital Canberra.

The flags were raised to full-staff as the Australian Army Band Corps played God Save the King for the first time in 70 years.

In Sydney, where people gathered outside Parliament House for the state proclamation, there were mixed emotions.

“I grew up singing God Save the Queen and today was the first-time singing God Save The King," Litiana Rakarakatia Turner said, on the verge of tears.

"I’m so proud of Charles but my heart breaks for the Queen."

"I'm a proud Australian, and a proud member of the Commonwealth. We’re just here to pay our respects," said Jenna Dicello, who was there with her partner and their two little girls.

And Henanita Harrop, who was with her 14-month-old daughter, said it was important to bring her to this once in a lifetime event.

"Hopefully when she grows older, she’ll be able to appreciate this wonderful moment, welcoming a new king and giving thanks for the service for her majesty,” Henanita said.

Ruth Green
Reporting from Dundee

People have been gathering along the route in Dundee, hoping to catch a glimpse of the funeral cortege and pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Among them is Samanth Jordan and her 18-month-old son Charlie, who carried his Paddington Bear toy with him.

"We just wanted to pay our respects. We brought Paddington down because Charlie loves him. He was so excited to see the Queen with Paddington," Samantha says, recalling a video the Queen did with Paddington Bear to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

"It's such a sad time. We wanted to come down and be part of the Queen’s final journey. We needed to say goodbye."

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Girlguiding groups and Brownies from across Dundee have also been gathering to pay their respects.

"The Queen's our patron. She was a member as a child. She’s mentioned in our promise and has been an integral part of the organisation. She embodies what we stand for," Brownie leader Laura Morrison says.

"We make promises to help our community and the wider world. The Queen encouraged and showed this in her life."

The Queen's funeral cortege is now entering Dundee.

During a trip to the city in 2016, the Queen met with apprentices at the Michelin tyre factory's training school and workshop.

There is now less than three hours left of the journey to Edinburgh.

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Whilst we're following the Queen's coffin's procession across eastern Scotland, crowds continue to flock to Buckingham Palace in London, where the King and Queen Consort arrived a short while earlier.

The King will meet with Commonwealth general secretary Patricia Scotland. Later, he will attend a reception with representatives from the 14 countries that still recognise the King as their head of state.

Aberdeenshire farmers paid tribute to the Queen by parking their tractors along the route to mimic a guard of honour as the cortege passed by.

Aerial footage showed dozens of the vehicles parked on either side of the road.