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Prince William & Prince Harry Hold Vigil for Queen Elizabeth II
Prince William and Prince Harry person agreed erstwhile more, to accidental their last farewells to their grandma Queen Elizabeth II at her authorities funeral.
On Sept. 19, the brothers joined their begetter King Charles III and the remainder of the royal household successful escorting the precocious monarch's coffin successful a procession from London's Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, wherever a memorial work was planned. William was accompanied by his wife, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, arsenic good arsenic their eldest children Prince George, 9—now 2nd successful enactment to the throne—and Princess Charlotte, 7. Harry was joined by his wife, Meghan Markle.
During the service, participants volition perform the recently amended U.K. nationalist anthem, "God Save the King," aft a two-minute infinitesimal of soundlessness for the Queen.
Following the service, the queen's coffin, draped successful the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, volition question successful procession to Wellington Arch, and past to Windsor Castle for a Committal Service at St. George's Chapel. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Duke and Duchess of Sussex are each scheduled to attend.
The queen, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died astatine property 96 connected Sept. 8 astatine her abrogation location Balmoral Castle successful Scotland. Prior to her funeral, William and Harry, whose relationship has go strained successful caller years amid the latter and Meghan's 2020 royal exit, reunited publically 3 times—most precocious astatine a vigil by their grandmother's coffin successful Westminster Hall.
Two days aft the queen's death, the brothers and their wives greeted mourners successful what marked the archetypal associated lawsuit for the couples successful much than 2 years.
Last week, besides accompanied by their spouses, William and Harry walked next to each other to assistance escort the queen's coffin in a pre-funeral procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, wherever the queen's assemblage lay state for 4 days earlier her funeral. Scenes of the brothers past and now were some reminiscent of when, arsenic children, they followed their parent Princess Diana's casket astatine her ain authorities ceremonial successful 1997.
Following the queen's death, Charles gave his erstwhile rubric of the Prince of Wales to William, and bestowed upon Kate Diana's—the Princess of Wales, marking the archetypal clip it has been utilized since her death.
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Accompanied by his woman Camilla, Queen Consort, formerly the Duchess of Cornwall, the King besides precocious met mourners and issued a idiosyncratic connection of acknowledgment to the queen's supporters a time earlier the funeral.
"Over the last 10 days, my woman and I person been truthful profoundly touched by the galore messages of condolence and enactment we person received from this state and crossed the world," helium said successful a statement. "In London, Edinburgh, Hillsborough and Cardiff we were moved beyond measurement by everyone who took the occupation to travel and wage their respects to the lifelong work of my beloved mother, The precocious Queen."
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He continued, "As we each hole to accidental our past farewell, I wanted simply to instrumentality this accidental to accidental convey you to each those countless radical who person been specified a enactment and comfortableness to my Family and myself successful this clip of grief."
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