Schools across Tayside and Fife will be closed for a bank holiday on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral.
King Charles III approved the bank holiday during his proclamation ceremony where he was formally declared king.
The announcement means that on the day of the Queen’s funeral – Monday, September 19 – schools, most businesses and many shops will close.
A 10-day plan is in place following the Queen’s death in Balmoral on Thursday.
The monarch’s coffin is set to make its way through Tayside and Fife on Sunday from Aberdeenshire.
The cortege is expected to travel through Angus, Dundee, Perth and Fife before heading to the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
King Charles III officially proclaimed king
The Queen’s body will then be flown to London, where she will lie in state before her funeral.
People across Tayside and Fife have been turning out to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II with books of condolence opened and opportunities to lay floral tributes.
King Charles III officially became monarch in St James Park and the Royal Exchange in London on Saturday.
The historic proceedings were the first to be televised as a decision was made by the King to allow cameras into the Accession Council for the public to view.
Closure of schools on the bank holiday was confirmed on Saturday in a notice from the UK Government.
It said: “Schools will be closed, we are not asking them to remain open on the day of the bank holiday.”
