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Anna Botting spoke as an RAF flight with Her Majesty's body on board left Edinburgh for London.

Pallbearers from the Queen’s Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force carried the casket, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, into a RAF C17 aircraft at Edinburgh airport ahead of its departure. Meanwhile King Charles III has arrived back in London after a visit to Northern Ireland as part…

Huge aircraft has also been used to take humanitarian aid and weapons to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.

It comes amid reports of a recruitment drive which favoured women and ethnic minorities.

The C-17 Globemaster has also been used to help in disaster relief efforts around the world.

A spectacular five bedroom Victorian home in the Murrayfield area has gone on the market, with views over the city and Pentlands - currently accepting offers over £2.4 million.

Queen Elizbaeth II’s coffin will travel from Scotland to London ahead of state funeral at Westminster Abbey on 19 September

The coffin will leave in an RAF aircraft from Edinburgh Airport in the early evening, arriving into RAF Northolt

The Princess Royal will accompany the Queen’s coffin when it is to be flown to London by RAF aircraft to RAF Northolt on Tuesday evening, it will then be taken to rest at Buckingham Palace’s Bow Room