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Kate Lally

Sarah Ferguson spotted in sweet moment at the Queen's Funeral

Sarah Ferguson was spotted in a sweet moment as she arrived at Westminster Abbey to say goodbye to the grandmother of her children.

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie entered the Abbey with their husbands, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank. And as the sisters looked out for their mother, they motioned for her to join them in their seats.

The Duchess of York, however, shook he head, gesturing that she would stay behind the grandchildren, walking slightly behind the Queen's two youngest grandchildren, Lady Louise Windsor and James Viscount Severn.

READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral order of service in full

Most members of the Royal Family were in attendance at the funeral service for Her Majesty, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were accompanied by their two oldest children, Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven.

Other royals include King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Zara and Mike Tindall, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex and Prince Andrew.

The funeral began at 11am today, at Westminster Abbey. The service was conducted by The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE, Dean of Westminster.

At around 11.55am the Last Post will sound, followed by two minutes of silence to be observed in the Abbey and throughout the UK.

Reveille, the national anthem and a lament played by the Queen's piper will bring the state funeral service to an end at around 12 noon. The bearer party will then lift the coffin from the catafalque and will move in procession through the Great West Door returning to the State Gun Carriage positioned outside the West Gate.

The coffin will be followed by the King and the Queen Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales and members of the royal family who will walk in the procession to Wellington Arch via The Mall, where it will pass by Buckingham Palace for the final time.

At Wellington Arch, the coffin will be carried into the State Hearse for the drive to Windsor. It will take 2 hours to reach Windsor. Then the Queen will be taken along the Long Walk and - in a final procession from the Castle - her final resting place at St George's Chapel.

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