Queen's grief-stricken daughter Princess Anne follows her mum's coffin on final journey

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Princess Anne is accompanying her mother on her final journey as she makes her way from Balmoral to Edinburgh.A hearse containing Queen Elizabeth II's oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, left the summer residence just after 10am this morning (September 11) and is now making its way through Scottish towns and cities including Aberdeen, Tayside and Perth, and is expected to arrive at around 4pm this afternoon.Following just behind the late monarch in the cortege is her beloved daughter Princess Anne who appeared distraught at the tragic loss, accompanied by her husband Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.READ MORE: Queen's coffin seen for first time as final journey from Balmoral beginsAlso in the convoy is Kenneth Mackenzie - the minister of Crathie Kirk, the church the royals attend in Balmoral - and a representative of the Lord chamberlain’s office.The Queen's coffin, now decorated with a single wreath made up of flowers from the Scottish estate, was carried into the hearse by six of the estate’s gamekeepers.Well-wishers in each of the towns she has passed through have stood by to welcome the hearse on its way to Edinburgh, where the coffin will first go to the Queen's official Scottish residence at Holyrood Palace before heading to St Giles' Cathedral for a mini lying in state ceremony.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who called the journey "poignant", is set to observe the coffin as it goes past the Scottish parliament, alongside other politicians.The cortege first made its way through the town of Ballater, the village closest to the Balmoral estate where residents considered Her Majesty a neighbour.Elizabeth Alexander, who was born on the day the Queen was crowned in 1953, was one of those in attendance as the.