A 32-horse guard of honour lined the M90 at Glenfarg on Sunday as Queen Elizabeth II’s cortege travelled through Perth.
Local woman Emma Cheape organised the fitting tribute to the Queen, who had a lifelong passion for horses.
The group were noticed by the Princess Royal, Princess Anne, who pointed them out to her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, and waved as the convoy passed by.
Emma, 27, told The Courier she had expected one or two others to join her after she organised the gesture on Saturday, just one day in advance.
She said: “As a keen equestrian, I thought it only fitting to honour her journey with a guard of horses as she passed my home farm at Glenfarg.
“I expected to get two or three others to join me, but it kind of grew arms and legs and we ended up with 32 horses.
“I think there was also about 40 folk on foot as well.”
Emma explained the guard was formed by young riders through to people who have ridden for many years.
The group joined thousands across Tayside and Fife who lined the convoy’s route from Balmoral Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Many waited hours to see the Queen’s coffin, draped in the royal standard of Scotland, pass by as the late monarch made her final trip.
The coffin will leave the palace again on Monday to travel up the Royal Mile to St Giles Cathedral.
Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state following a church service, with members of the public able to view the coffin from 5pm.
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