King Charles III led senior royals walking behind the coffin of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II coffin, at her state funeral today. He was joined by his siblings and his sons, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex, in the procession from Westminster Hall, where the coffin has been lying in state, to Westminster Abbey for the funeral service. It was an emotional echo of a scene from 25 years ago, when the young William and Harry walked behind their mother Princess Diana’s coffin, following her tragic death in a car accident in 1997.
The Princess Royal and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex also walked behind the Queen’s coffin, as it was carried to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage. The coffin was accompanied by the bearer party of the Grenadier Guards, the King’s Body Guards of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Yeomen of the Guard, and the Royal Company of Archers.
When the procession entered Westminster Abbey, the Princess of Wales joined to walk alongside her husband, along with their two eldest children, Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven. Their little brother, four-year-old Prince Louis, was deemed too young to join. Now that their father is first in line to the throne, the young royals will likely play a more prominent role on carefully selected occasions. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, also joined the procession walking behind the coffin as it entered the church, beside her husband Prince Harry.
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