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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew stood adjacent to each different arsenic they walked down Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin. See the royal siblings unneurotic below.
Queen Elizabeth II's Coffin Begins Its Final Journey
Queen Elizabeth II's 4 children are lasting agreed to mourn their mother's passing.
On Sept. 12, King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew walked together behind the procession of the precocious monarch's coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles Cathedral connected the Royal Mile successful Edinburgh, Scotland.
The siblings walked softly down the hearse arsenic it carried the Queen's flag-draped coffin to the religion for a work of thanksgiving successful commemoration of her historical 70-year reign.
Charles, Anne and Edward all donned subject uniforms during the procession. However, Andrew wore a suit. The Navy seasoned has been barred from wearing his subject garments until his mother's last vigil at Westminster Hall due to the fact that helium america a non-working subordinate of the royal family.
In January, Andrew was stripped of his subject affiliations and Royal patronages by the Queen aft being sued by Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that the Duke of York sexually abused her erstwhile she was 17 years old. (In a 2019 interrogation with BBC, Andrew denied Virginia's intersexual battle claims, and successful Feb. 2022, Andrew and Virginia settled retired of court.)
Once the Queen's coffin made it wrong the cathedral, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon placed the Crown of Scotland connected apical of it erstwhile it was placed connected a woody stand.
According to the Associated Press, Rev. Calum MacLeod spoke astir the Queen's bequest during the service. "And so, we stitchery to bid Scotland's farewell to our precocious monarch, whose beingness of work to the federation and the satellite we celebrate," helium said. "And whose emotion for Scotland was legendary."
The Queen's coffin volition stay astatine the cathedral until Sept. 13 truthful the nationalist can have a chance to wage their respects.
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On Sept. 12, Prince Harry penned a touching tribute to his precocious grandmother, saying that helium is everlastingly grateful for the memories helium shared with her.
"She was globally admired and respected," the Duke of Sussex wrote connected his website. "Her unwavering grace and dignity remained existent passim her beingness and present her everlasting legacy. Let america echo the words she spoke aft the passing of her husband, Prince Philip, words which tin bring comfortableness to each of america now: 'Life, of course, consists of last partings arsenic good arsenic archetypal meetings.'"
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