Both William and Harry wore their subject uniforms. Buckingham Palace confirmed the latter would deterioration his for the vigil astatine the "King's request," Sky News reported. Harry, a U.K. seasoned similar his member and who served connected the beforehand enactment during 2 tours of work successful Afghanistan, had been stripped of his subject titles pursuing his and woman Meghan Markle's 2020 royal exit, and had not been allowed to deterioration his azygous until the queen's vigil.

William wore the Blues and Royals No 1 uniform, the Garter Sash, the Garter Star, the Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee Medals and RAF aviator wings, according to Sky News. Harry wore a Blues and Royals No 1 Uniform, KCVO Neck Order and Star, Afghanistan Operational Service Medal, Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals and Army Pilot Wings, the outlet said.

A time earlier, the queen's 4 children—Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward—held a vigil of their own beside her coffin.

Since the queen's death, members of the royal household person besides appeared successful nationalist to greet mourners. Hours earlier the grandchildren stood vigil, the king and William made surprise visits to greet the scores of fans waiting in line to presumption the precocious monarch's coffin.

And 2 days pursuing her passing, William and Harry, accompanied by their wives Kate Middleton, a.k.a. Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, greeted fans astatine Windsor Castle. Harry told mourners that the historical determination was "a lonely spot up determination present without her," adding that "every country she was in, we felt her beingness throughout."

The couples' associated appearance marked the archetypal clip they person each been photographed unneurotic successful much than 2 years, amid reported tensions betwixt the brothers and their wives, fueled by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal exit. William and Harry person reunited astatine a royal events since then, and person put up a agreed front successful the aftermath of the queen's death.

On Sept. 10, William reflected connected losing specified an "extraordinary leader."

"My grandma famously said that grief was the terms we wage for love," the prince wrote successful a statement. "All of the sadness we volition consciousness successful the coming weeks volition beryllium testament to the emotion we felt for our bonzer Queen. I volition grant her representation by supporting my father, The King, successful each mode I can."