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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin leaves Scotland accompanied by Princess Anne

The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, for a prayer service for Queen Elizabeth II.
The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, for a prayer service for Queen Elizabeth II. Photograph: Lesley Martin/PA

Scotland said its final goodbye to the Queen in strong autumn sunshine, as her coffin began its journey to London escorted by daughter Princess Anne.

Before the Queen’s coffin was carried out of St Giles’ Cathedral to a growing ripple of applause from onlookers by soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland on Tuesday, a lone piper playing the Flowers of the Forest could be heard from within its precincts, where the Queen had lain at rest for a little over a day.

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