Many thousands of well-wishers are expected to line the route as the Queen’s coffin is driven from Balmoral to the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
The journey is expected to begin at about 10:00 and take about six hours.
The cortege will make its way through Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Angus and Tayside before reaching Edinburgh.
The Queen will then lie at rest in The Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight.
The Queen lies in an oak coffin in Balmoral Castle’s ballroom, according to a palace official. It has been covered with the Royal Standard for Scotland and a wreath of flowers has been placed on top.
Members of staff at Balmoral have been able to pay their last respects before the Queen’s coffin is moved at 10:00 BST today. Many of the staff at the castle have spent a good deal of their lives working for the Queen.
“It is a scene of quiet dignity,” the palace official said.
The Queen’s love of her home in Balmoral was well known. She spent most summers at the 50,000-acre country estate in Aberdeenshire, usually with her beloved husband Philip and family by her side.
The coffin will soon be carried by six of Balmoral estate’s gamekeepers to a hearse at the entrance, before departing on its six-hour journey to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
