live: King Charles III makes first visit to UK Parliament as monarch: Live updates

From Barbara Miller in Edinburgh, Scotland.

People gathered outside St Giles Cathedral have a few hours to wait.

It’s not raining yet, at least, but it’s cold and if you don’t have a seat, you’ll be standing for a long time.

This is the price they are willing to pay for a window into this moment in history.

They will be able to see the former monarch and his successor, his son Charles, now King Charles III.

It is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

(ABC News: Barbara Miller)

Now it’s Monday and schools are back in session, so there are fewer families than yesterday, more elderly people with time to be able to do it, at least in these early hours.

The Queen’s body will lie in repose at St Giles for 24 hours after being taken from the Palace of Holyrood.

It will be a taste of what is to come when he is rested later in the week in London.

Day and night, people will be allowed into Westminster Hall to view his coffin.

A guide has been issued for those planning to go, warning them of long and uncomfortable waits.

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