People have been told the lengthy queue to see the Queen's coffin in Edinburgh is closed at noon on Tuesday (September 13).

The Scottish government says more than 26,000 mourners have already passed through St Giles' Cathedral.

A statement read: "We're doing everything we can to ensure that those currently queuing can do so before 3 pm, when the Lying at Rest will end."

The lying at rest period will end before the coffin is taken to London.

It will be transported to Edinburgh Airport on Tuesday afternoon before being transferred to Westminster Hall for a lying-in-state period from 17:00 pm on Wednesday.

People have been told the lengthy queue to see the Queen's coffin in Edinburgh is closed at noon on Tuesday Sept 13, 2022.

The Scottish government says more than 26,000 mourners have already passed through St Giles' Cathedral and people should no longer try to access it.

It said it was "doing everything" it could to ensure those already in the queue could pay their last respects before 15:00 BST on Tuesday.

The lying at rest period will then end before the coffin is taken to London.

It will be transported by cortège to Edinburgh Airport on Tuesday afternoon before being transferred to Westminster Hall for a lying-in-state period from 17:00 BST on Wednesday.

Mourners had begun filing into the cathedral on Monday evening to be part of the historic moment.

As of 12:15 on Tuesday people were still picking up wristbands but the Scottish government had already said that queue times were "very long" and there was "no guarantee" they would be given entry to St Giles'.

Thousands waited through the night, joining the line at the Meadows, which is south of the cathedral where the coffin is lying at rest.