The sons of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, Anne, Andrew and Edward accompanied the funeral procession held on Monday 12 September in Edinburgh, as they walked behind their mother’s casket to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, having followed the funeral procession. At this time the traditional vigil of the princes.
Pictures showing the Queen’s four children, with sad faces and bowed heads, around their mother’s coffin, are now moving Britons and Queen admirers.
This guard of honor consisted of the sons of the deceased king, in this case Queen Elizabeth II, they positioned themselves inside the chapel around the sarcophagus, as if they were protecting it.
Carlos, who was wearing a kilt, was at the head of the coffin, and the brothers Anna, Andre and Eduardo were on the sides.
The Princes’ Vigil began in 1936, when King Edward VIII and his three brothers – Princes Albert, Henry, and George – donned full military uniforms to stand on the coffin of their late father, King George V.
The coffin carrying the body of Queen Elizabeth II will depart today by plane from Edinburgh, Scotland, for London, where the state funeral will be held on Monday.
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