Kate Middleton andPrince Williamare showing their appreciation to the people who helped facilitateQueen Elizabeth’scommittal service.
Three days after the history-making monarch was laid to rest, the Prince and Princess of Wales, both 40, met volunteers and operational staff who were involved in the committal service for the Queen at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on Monday. They also supported the crowds that gathered to pay tribute toQueen Elizabethafter her death on September 8.
Queen Elizabethrelocated her home base from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. She spent most of her final years at the royal residence, although she died at her traditional summer getaway in Scotland, Balmoral Castle.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty
“They are incandescent with grief,” the insider says. “However much you are prepared for it, after a lifetime of service, it was still a terrible shock.”
After 2,000 people — including royals and world leaders from around the world — gathered at Westminster Abbey in London for the Queen’s state funeral on Monday morning, a smaller ceremony was held at her burial place.
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Around 800 people attended the Queen’s committal service, with the event having a more intimate feel than the state funeral. The pews will be filled with some of the people who knew the Queen best — in addition to members of the family, the congregation was made up of past and present members of the Queen’s Household, including from the private estates. Also in attendance were governors-general and prime ministers from Commonwealth nations.
Later on Monday, Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel alongside husbandPrince Philip, father King George VI, motherQueen Elizabeththe Queen Mother and sister Princess Margaret.
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In a video shared via TikTok andInstagram, Katetold a well-wisher, “It’s very strange being here without Her Majesty,” referring to Windsor Castle.
source: people.com
