HM Queen Elizabeth II leaves Scotland for the final time
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A bright, sunny afternoon, 13 September 2022, outside the High Kirk of St Giles, Edinburgh. Her Late Most Excellent Majesty's coffin - draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and with flowers from the Balmoral estate - is carried by soldiers of The Royal Regiment of Scotland as she departs her northern kingdom for the last time. Among the soldiers is Ben Tubuna, from Rewa, Fiji, a distance of 9,788 miles away, on the other side of the world
Following behind is the Late Sovereign's daughter, the Princess Royal, Anne, who will accompany The Queen on her final journey by air to London, on board a C-17 Globemaster of the Royal Air Force.
The melody is "Flowers of the Forest", a famous lament for those who fell at the battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513. It is such a sacred melody that bagpipers will not practise it within hearing, and only play it on occasions such as this.
The dignified commentator (at 2:43) is Alastair Bruce.
As an Englishman, my heart was warmed by the send-off that the Scots gave to her. She is on record as hoping that she died in Scotland, and I'm glad she got her wish.
After all she was Queen of Scots. We loved her.
Fair play the Scots
We Irish still haven't forgot
@@fionnmcnessa oh bore off. I’m half English half Irish. Sick to my back teeth of Irish victimhood.
As a Scot/Canadian it was heart warming - honourable to the end.
@@fionnmcnessa no one cares
Her mother was a Scot, and she always loved her mother's homeland and those things that Scotland is known for. She had a piper from the army wake her every day, and when his wife came down with terminal cancer, she had her doctors give the wife the best care that she could. Folks forget she is descended from the Scottish royal line, as well as the English.
Flowers of the Forest always gets to me. The Scots sure do know how to mourn.
Ancient pipes. Playing ancient song. For an ancient line.
Well said.
She was decended from Robert the Bruce
@@colincameron9085 The De Brus Family we’re from Brittany. But had married into the Gaelic Aristocracy.
@@user-by3cg8jj6q Yes you are correct ,but he was a Scot by birth .
She was the first monarch to die in Scotland since James V in the 1500s. Scotland may not be as fond of the monarchy as England is, but we were still saddened by her passing. Balmoral Castle was her favourite place in the world and it makes me glad that she died peacefully in a place that she loved, where she could relax and unwind and not be bothered by being the queen. Scotland shall likely never know another queen.
Goodbye, Your Majesty.
Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendent of Mary Queen of Scots and James I and V. She was the Queen of Scots whether anti-monarchists like it or not. Most are heartbroken she’s gone. Magnificent send-off from Scotland. 🏴
Queen Elizabeth is the direct descendant of the Stewart Dynasty!!! She was NOT a direct descendant of the English Royal houses.
I think that, via the Queen Mother, HM Queen Elizabeth II could trace her lineage back to Robert the Bruce.
@@tsuhna Scotland was the one place she could just relax away from her royal duties. I am glad she died where she truly was happy and knew some peace.
@@samalvey8168 So Scotland is special..my Father thought so.
I believe that everyone in Scotland should realize and remember that Her Majesty chose to spend her final days there and to die there because she love Scotland so much. I thank them all for the honor, love, and respect they showed her. I couldn't be prouder of my Scottish and English heritage than now.
That must be why she only came here as a tourist.
Yes, her favorite colonized land. Still full of family names that her predecessors persecuted and ruined
@conniehopkins6105 you don't know that our late Queen knew that her final days would be spent in Scotland, there is always a plan for if the Sovereign dies in Scotland or at Sandringham
@@lsmith9249 I think she wanted to go be being eaten by a black bear. If not, the alternative is okay.
@@Fernandwinnie thats an ignorant remark, she visited Scotland as head of state too
Princess Anne is such a stidffast and very hard working. She accompanied her mother's body still her final rest. Love you Anne
Her Majesty, the consumate sovereign, knew that by dying in Scotland, she was keeping the kingdom united.
She loved Scotland so much 🏴 and Scotland loved her, god bless the queen 👸
She did indeed love Scotland and - on a lighter note - chose to spend her holidays there during the months when many Scots go abroad for hot, dry weather! Some Scots have questioned the Queen's “Scottishness” but in fact she is related to Mary Queen of Scots via Henry VIII's sister Queen Margaret of Scotland, grandmother of Mary. Queen Margaret (Tudor) was the mother of Mary's father James V (1512-1542), whose crown was placed on the Queen's coffin on Monday afternoon during this service by the Duke of Hamilton
Furthermore, according to National Records of Scotland, the Queen’s parents shared Robert II King of Scots as a common ancestor.
Through her mother’s family, the Bowes-Lyons, Earls of Strathmore, she could trace her ancestry back through generations of Scottish nobility to Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis, who married Robert II’s daughter in the fourteenth century.
God bless the Scots 🏴
@@saltcots8985 it’s a great comfort to know she ended her days at Balmoral, which unless I am much mistaken, was her favourite place in the world?
We gave her peace and quiet, away from the press. To let her live her life for a few weeks
@@AtheAetheling yes it was… Princess Eugenie had said so about Balmoral in the documentary Our Queen at Ninety.
She reined with dignity, grace, equality and majestic beauty, no finer English rose, cared for by her people. With her she took a part of every citizen of the Commonwealth, no monarch touched so many lives for such a long time. Thank you your Majesty for your service to us and now, may you rest with your beloved Prince.
I am from Uruguay, 84. We woke here at 0700 hrs to see HM QE II funeral on BBC TV. A most impressive event in all aspects. I saw the Queen in person at the Epsom Derby Stakes back in 1961 while I was visiting the UK, she was 35, and I was 22 then....
That’s amazing!
The Queens funeral was the most spectacular evet I have ever seen. The precision was incredible. A wonderful tribute to the Queen.
And well-deserved. 😢
Lady Diana's service was beautiful and poignant as well. God doesn't take the death of his saints lightly, I was reading in the Holy Bible just the other day. Jesus died for all of us. Not just the privileged. Jesus made many wealthy, while he himself was poor. But he was buried in the tomb of the wealthy.
@@user-qf7ud5de9h There is no god. There are no saints. Jesus was a Jewish man in the middle east with some wild ideas. Then he died.
Many months afterwards I still cry while watching this.God save the Queen!
I don't like the royal family. They are all stuck up, but when i read the history on the queen. She earned my respects. She was truly one of a kind. She helped fight against the Nazis to defend against monsters who thought themselves above the rest.
I still cry also such a strong woman as she kept her faith to the end and she was a good queen which kind of grew up together.
@Janice Jackson I agree. She was royalty and she still worked with the rest of the people. She could of been like the rest of the current royal family members and leached off the system, but she was out there working just like any other normal person. Respect is earned and she earned it with her sweat and blood and helping to defend her homeland from Nazis.
Me too!! Loved her in Maine!!❤
Me too. After all her years reigning over us, it’s still hard to believe she’s gone. It’s like losing my mother all over again. 😢😢😢
As an American, I am 63 years old, she was always my one and only Queen. RIP.
Scotland did love her. She spent half her 96 years there. She loved Scotland and the Pipes and traditions.
After all Her Late Mother Was A Pure Scot Rest In Peace Always Our Queen
@@paulcasini4759Born in London.
May be but she was a Strathmore,where do you think Glamis Castle is !!!they had a London home simple @@racheltaylor6578
Proud of my Scottish ancestry. Love my Scot blood. I am most proud of the send off The Scots gave The Beloved Queen. She loved Scotland with all her heart.
I couldn’t stop looking at the coffin in disbelief that she was in there. Just as I did with my own Mother, who was very much like the Queen. RIP to both
I know, you just wish you could do something to just wake them up, even for a moment to tell them how much you love them and how different life is going to be with them gone 😔
she fulfilled her promise who had said that whether her life was long or short, she would devote herself to serving the country Until the last breath, to the great Queen of the United Kingdom.
These laddies carrying her majesty to her final destination will remember this moment in history for the rest of their lives. RIP your majesty 🙏
You did her proud Scotland ❤❤❤
The Scotts gave the Queen a fantastic send off, so proud and grateful for that.
she was our Queen, she loved Scotland and her people and we loved her back
Scots
What a woman. Thank you Scotland ❤️ 🏴
This lament is what the piper played as he walked out of St. George's after Prince Philip's funeral. Continuity, between a Queen and her most beloved husband.
I am old enough to remember Sir Winstons state funeral and that brought the nation to a halt. Our Queens funeral , being in colour, brought it into our homes. We should be rightly proud of being British. We have our spats, usually in sport, but together we are so magnificent.
The common wealth will always miss such a wonderful, moral and noble lady of all time, her dignity and calmness to all her subjects, her wise decisions always to hold difficult tasks and situation as a lady is something unbelievable that God almighty gave her .
Scotland always had a special place in Her Majesty heart it was her favourite place in the whole world especially Balmoral
Just like her mother Elizabeth "the special lady", who loved Canada with all her heart and thus visited there several times , so did Elizabeth the Queen of England to Scotland the home to her husband "Prince Philip"
@STEPHEN EWEKU she was Queen of the UK and the other Commonwealth realms not "of England"
RIP Queen Elizabeth the 2nd your Grace and Dignity will be sorely missed by the World. From a saddened American
💔🇬🇧🇺🇲🙏⚘️🌻🌷✌️😭
In Scotland Her late Majesty was Elisabeth I. In England and Wales and NI she was Elisabeth II.
That was a beautiful, respectful send off for a Lady whose favourite place of peace and sanctuary was Balmoral. ❤
The Scottish nation did her proud that day!
There is a deep-rooted feeeling for the Scots in England in pariculary among the Southern military. I for one as an Ex RSM wish to thank the whole of the Scotish Nation for the way in which they tended the Queen after her death. They did her proud and of course as she wished it to be.
She loved Scotland and rightly so. I think a more heartfelt farewell than the funeral.
Respect to the eight boys who brought her home to be laid to rest, the UK do things so brilliantly in these circumstances, the bagpipes always make me want to cry,
Even now, in May 2023, the world just seems to be different, in a sad way, that the Queen is no longer with us, all of that knowledge gone forever.
The longest walk of those young men’s lives.
She loved Scotland and Balmoral, and was always there over the summer ☀️
United in grief and united we should stand 🙏☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland,,Long she reigned over US
Bonnie Scotland did Our Queen Proud. God Bless her .. Long live the King
God bless her, God save the King and thank you Scotland
I'm watching this on Tuesday 29 august 2023, so nearly a year since our beautiful queen left us. And I still shed tears, the greatest loss to all of us. . I was born in 1944 so have had the delight of living through the whole of the Queen's reign. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone could conduct themselves as our Queen conducted herself. E❤
I still miss her I know it was her time but that DOESN'T make it any less painful may she rest in peace. Loved you ma'am 💔💔💔💔😢😢🙏❤❤❤❤
Scottish Canadian here. Thank you for your service ma'am. We shall miss you terribly.
They were gifted the most beautiful honor for carrying our beautiful Queen! 😞🏴
Alastair Bruce did such an excellent job of narrating this moment, among so many.
He's currently the Governor of Edinburgh Castle 🏰 holding the rank of Major General was a Scots Guards officer first saw action in the Falklands War in 1982.
Well done, those boys. Thank you for your service to Her Majesty.
VERY WELL SAID ." THE GRATIDUDE OF SCOTLAND IS OWED TO THESE SOLDIERS FOR THE DIGNITY THEY PERFORMED THIS SERVICE !" RESPECT !
I can't watch the pipers with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth without thinkin of my Gran.
Rest in Peace, your Majesty.
🏴🇨🇦🗡❤
To the people of Scotland, thank you.
She was our Queen too in fact more Scottish than English
No need to thank us it was an honour, she was our Queen
It was fitting that she passed in the place she felt happiest. Scotland was engraved on her heart and thank you for looking after her so movingly.
@@lynneedwards4538 she was our Queen and had a very deep affection for Scotland abd her people its something the Scottish people were very aware if and we returned our affection for a much loved Queen. The most Scottish of monarchs since the day of the Stewart/Stuarts xxx
Can you imagine, the sense of pride and Duty that those young Men must have felt. Their family`s will quite rightly so, talk about this, for generations to come. RIP Your Majesty 🖤🖤
But no sense of duty to the victims of the grooming gangs she welcomed? Jam your loyalty!
@@Irishandtiredbugger off
Thank you Scotland❤️
Next month will be the 1 year anniversary of her passing, and while I don’t re-watch it as much as I used to, the Queen’s funeral will always stay important. And to the others who are still watching: your ok to do so, we all can rewatch history.
total respect to all the bearers
How appropriate for a lass who had her heart in Scotland, to be granted eternity there.
A glorious summer, then a rest for a life of devotion.
I was in St Giles just a couple days after the Queen was honored... It was surreal.. I t was my first time in Scotland... Lovely place and lovely people.. God rest her soul..
I was standing across the street for while that afternoon with a tour group. We stood across the street from St. Giles for about an hour, then had to head back to our hotel. 💜🏴
That tune was played at my father's funeral, it brought a tear to my eye.not a royalist but grew up with the queen there.
The Flowers of the Forest - gives a lot of respect
I remember when Woody.EXE played it on Holocaust Memorial Day as me and my 2009 Woody joined in his memorial ceremony and Mummy joined in later that day when Woody.EXE lit my Holocaust candle as Wales’s monarch. I was honoured to be part of the ceremony
Scotland is a special place and as a Scot we can’t forget this.
What a send off. Bagpipes are unreal
The Black Watch we’re proud of there Queen , and the Queen was proud of them , God Bless Queen Elizabeth
I can only imagine the honor it must have been for those men to bear the casket of their queen.
As an American of English decent, I must say, God rest you merry, Queen Elizabeth. In many ways, you were Queen of the world. We will not see your like again.
It is better to rejoice that you lived, than mourn your passing. You are in that better place...
I fully agree with you she was Queen to the whole World we all loved her, but can we all remember for ever?
I’m Scottish and proud and not a fan of the royal family but I liked the queen and she loved it so much here! ❤️
Her Majesty loved Scotland and we loved her! She made this nation proud around the world! God Save The Queen!
The HONOR for the pallbearers to carry their Queen❤❤❤
1 of them was a lad from the town I live in. What an honour
I LOVE SCOTLAND 🏴 !! I hope to visit before I leave this world !!
So you should. Scotland is a magical land. As an 'american-born' Scot, I went Home to Scotland for the first time in 2015. I left my heart in Scotland.
@@bjoeljones ….my ANCESTRY is primarily Scottish, so I really want to see where my ancestors are from
@billlee536 , if you know where your ancients were from, try spending as much time as you can in those areas, providing you have the extra time. My ancients were from all over Scotland, but I/we could only fit so much in during our fortnight (two week) tour. At least I was able to spend a couple nights on Skye where my mum+'s paternal family originated. Good luck. All the best. Slàinte Mhath
@@billlee536 I hope you do too. As a Scotsman, I can assure you we would welcome your homecoming with open arms. We have a beautiful country, rich with history and heritage just waiting for you to explore. It would be fasciinating for you to visit the place your ancestors camme from, do you know where about the location was? I may be able to give you a few visiting tips!
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never been to Scotland. I’m British and have visited Wales and Ireland but not Scotland. I hope to go there next year when my husband retires. Huge thanks to Scotland for making Her Late Majesty so happy.
You both will be very welcome 💞🏴
It's OK, you have plenty of time, I left Scotland 27 years ago, but my heart is still there.
@@SALeppard Thank you 🥰🏴
@@stevenrobertson8329 I bet it is. It’s so beautiful. 😊
@jane rae It was definitely her decision to die at Balmoral.
i still tear up many months later at seeing this. Our most gracious and beloved Elizabeth. The commentator is right about the young men who carried her. They did a superb job under what i would imagine was a very stressful situation. Well done.
God bless the soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland who carried out their duties so wonderfully.
Trust me, that manoeuvre is extremely difficult - my utmost respect…
I got up at 5 AM to watch the Queen’s funeral.
What an honor to be chosen the carry the Queen, a very sad day for the UK.
I, still, shed tears.
Born in England , raised in Norfolk..have never seen this before. ...remember the day she became Queen , she will always live in my heart🇺🇸🇬🇧
Long may our traditions prevail. Our culture, our honor our dignity.
True to her Stuart roots...she played a blinder and I'm glad she payed homage to Scotland..ALBA GU BRATH. 🏴🥃👍
My Condolences From Egypt 🇪🇬
I'll never not cry at bagpipes playing. Dunno what it is but the minute i hear a bagpipe im crying 😢
Although I am an American, part of my heritage is Scotch- English. I admired the Queen. Her grace, discipline, and devotion to her country were so worthy of admiration
Still so emotional to watch. Scotland did our Queen proud.
This brings tears to my eyes every time I hear Flowers of the Forest. An amazing Lady.
solemn atmosphere during the ceremony. Farewell, Your Majesty, Queen
GOD save and keep her . Long live the King !
Tout simplement merveilleux qu'elle émotion magique
Merci beaucoup
Amazing 👏 she heard this music every morning 🌄..love it..
What a great honour for those young men!
Her passing has saddened and grieved every single human being on this planet. She was such a legend and inspiration as a Sovereign and Christian to us all, most of all- as an outstanding person.
Remember Diana!!!!!!
@@francasbaizero4579 why should we?
lizzies in a box
I'm old school Welsh and never considered Elizabeth as my queen. I grieved for the loss of the wonderful woman she was.
not me. i just did an obligatory "mhhhmmm"
We will never see her like again. Rest easy ma'am. You fulfilled all your duties. God Bless you.
Thank you to Alistair Bruce for giving such grace and dignity to these occasions, with such a wealth of knowledge, and such a truly respectful manner. Exactly what is needed at such a time of deep sadness, and remembrance of such a great queen. Without question, Bruce is the best royal occasion commentor since Richard Dimbleby.
I think Tom Fleming was great as well but i totally agree that Alastair Bruce is a great commentator to such events with his calm voice, deep knowledge of what he is talking about and respectful manner
I wish to convoy my sincerest thanks to all the people who did such a wonderful job when carrying out their duty to HRM Queen Elizabeth... xxxxxxxxxxx
The Lament is Flowers of the Forest. It's the usual Lament played here on Anzac Day.
Flowers o' the forest is the most sacred lament, usually reserved for fallen warriors. Pipers often practice the tune in remote places so that it's not heard by mere passers by, and must also contain a (deliberate) mistake.
@@Kevin-mx1vi It is heard by "mere passers by" (or those living in the neighbourhood) during the lead-up to Anzac Day.
I remember when Woody randomly showed up at Remembrance Sunday playing this. I was thinking “Woody?!” My dad said “How did Woody get here?”
She has passed on her love of Scotland to her son, I think Charles would be perfectly happy just being King of Scots.
How proud, the parents of these soldiers must be, after dedicating their utmost duty, to Their Queen. Steadfast & Scottish service they gave her. God bless these men & May Flights of Angels carry Thee to thy Rest, Your Majesty.
She loved Scotland!
Gives me goosebumps and my heart breaks again to think about the greatest Queen of our lives
to be fair our late Queen was was the only Queen in our life's, it is hard to claim she is the greatest as although its been 122 yeas since our last reigning Queen, our late Queen Elizabeth's Gr Gr grandmother, Queen Victoria who until our late Queen was the longest ruling monarch. HM Queen Victoria i think could equally be considered Britain's greatest Queen Both queens were without doubt the best monarchs to reign in Britain. Both Queens loved Scotland and her people and identified with the Scots, as does HM King Charles III something previous and i suspect future monarchs have not and possibly will not. WE must not forget the other British Queen and indeed the very first monarch of Great Britain, HM Queen Anne 1707-1714, last of the Stuarts to reign who has been unfairly overlooked by history yet during her reign Britain was established and became a leading power within the European context. It was however under HM Queen Victoria that the British Empire began and lasted well over 100 years or so, which encompassed a quarter of the world. It is rather ironic that Kings are often accredited for their achievements etc but the Queens who ruled in their own right often sidelined but in reality the Queens were far better monarchs.
Everyone knew her as The Queen for that reason. 😢
Queen Elizabeth's legacy will never die.
@@tammyclay62 God bless her soul. 🙏
@@tammyclay62 She could wave from a balcony better than all of the rest.
Oh how we miss her 🏴 Queen of the Scots….. God save the King 🏴🇬🇧
I miss her. All our nations and the commonwealth did her proud, as she did to us.
God save the King
For our queen we miss you god and country never to be forgotten
I really liked this Queen as a person and her story was so profound and cool. Cheers from Canada. I do not think it will be the same.
A sad, sad occasion for the Princess Royal, comforted by her husband's loving presence.
Scotland did her so proud
Flowers of the forest is the saddest song ever!
Not if you're English!
flower in the forest such a sad and beautiful song
Quelle chance a eue le Royaume Uni d'avoir une reine telle qu'Elizabeth Il. Une immense reine pour un grand peuple !
Merci pour vos mots tellement gentille
A truly wonderful announcer. Beautiful accent. Polished.
"The most perfect job and duty" - absolutely correct.