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VIDEO: Beyond Radio volunteer joins crowds as Queen's coffin makes sombre journey through Edinburgh

A photo of crowds gathered in Edinburgh city centre on Sunday as the Queen's coffin was driven through the streets.

A Beyond Radio volunteer was part of the crowd who watched as the Queen's coffin made a sombre journey through the streets of Edinburgh.

Paul Fisher from Lancaster, his wife Amanda and daughter Mairi were in the Scottish capital as Her Majesty's flag-draped casket was driven along the Royal Mile to Holyrood House on Sunday.

Paul and his family (pictured below) were in Edinburgh because Mairi goes to university in the city.

"As we were there we stood and watched the procession pass down the Royal Mile," said Paul, who co-presents the Fishy and Foggy Show on Beyond Radio.

"The atmosphere was respectful and once people (including me) had put their phones down a round of applause broke out.

"It’s a fascinating period in our history and it was interesting to be there."

WATCH Paul's video as the Queen's coffin is driven down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh:

The seven-car cortege had earlier driven from Balmoral, where the Queen died on Thursday, aged 96.

Today (Monday), King Charles III led a procession of his mother's coffin through the streets of Edinburgh, to a service at St Giles' Cathedral, as more people gathered to pay their respects.

The Queen will lie at rest in the cathedral until Tuesday when she will be moved to London, ahead of her funeral on Monday.

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