Tuesday 13 September 2022 12:43 AM Harry and Meghan's biographer apologises for saying Queen's coffin will travel ... trends now
The journalist who wrote Harry and Meghan's biography has apologised after telling a US news channel that the Queen's coffin would travel from Scotland 'over to the UK'.
Omid Scobie, who is known to be close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has apologised after mistakenly appearing to suggest that Scotland is not part of the UK.
He also said the Queen would be taken to London on 'one of the royal trains', despite there only being one royal train and the fact Her Majesty will be transported by plane.
The 41-year-old later said on Twitter that his remarks were a 'slip of the tongue' and had been made 'in the chaos of breaking news' as news of the Queen's death became public knowledge.
He made the comments on ABC News on Thursday, September 8, where he was describing to viewers what would happen to the Queen's body after her death at Balmoral Castle.
The royal expert said Her Majesty 'will end up laying at rest at the smallest palace in Edinburgh before it [the coffin] makes its journey on one of the royal trains over to the UK'.
Omid Scobie was on ABC News when he said the Queen's coffin would be moved from Scotland 'over to the UK'
This was incorrect as the Queen's body will actually be flown to London on a military aircraft from Edinburgh Airport to RAF Northolt outside London tomorrow.
However, it was his apparent 'slip of the tongue' which suggested Scotland was no longer part of the UK for which he apologised.
Writing on Twitter, Scobie said: 'Turns out in the chaos of breaking news on September 8 I accidentally said 'Scotland to UK' instead of 'Scotland to England' when discussing travel elements of Operation Unicorn. Slip of the tongue and happy to own it'
Scobie later apologised for the remark on Twitter, claiming it had been a 'slip of the tongue'
