Time to change track?

THE vast numbers of mourners who stood respectfully by Scotland’s roadsides to see the Queen begin her final poignant journey starkly illustrated two things.

First, the huge affection in which this most beloved monarch was held. And second, the missteps of the authorities in deciding to fly her body back to London.

Carrying it by royal Train would have allowed many more people to line the route and say farewell directly to a sovereign who touched all our lives. Is it really too late for the funeral planners to change their minds?