Prince William & Prince Harry Unite To Walk Behind Queen Elizabeth II’s Coffin At Her Funeral

Brothers bonded by duty. Prince William and Prince Harry walked close alongside 1 different during the procession of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin to Westminster Abbey for her authorities funeral connected September 19. This infinitesimal echoed Princess Diana’s ceremonial 25 years agone erstwhile the brothers walked down their mother’s coffin.

Prince William and Prince Harry walking side-by-side down the Queen’s coffin. (Emilio Morenatti/AP/Shutterstock)

The Queen’s 4 children — King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward — walked up of Prince William and Prince Harry during the procession. Since they are nary longer moving royals, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew did not deterioration their subject uniforms.

Two days earlier Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, Prince William and Prince Harry agreed with the Queen’s different grandchildren to hold a vigil astatine her lying successful state. Prince William led the mode with Prince Harry straight down him successful his subject uniform. Prince Harry wore his subject uniform astatine King Charles III’s request. When Prince Harry walked distant from being a elder royal, helium had to springiness up his subject titles. The princes stood ticker for 15 minutes implicit the Queen’s coffin successful Westminster Hall.

In the aftermath of their beloved grandmother’s death connected September 8 astatine the property of 96, Prince William and Prince Harry person enactment speech immoderate tensions from their ongoing rift successful bid to grant the Queen. The princes notably reunited with wives Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to presumption floral tributes to Queen Elizabeth II. Prince William extended an olive subdivision and invited Harry and Meghan to the walkabout with him and Kate successful Windsor.

The couples, erstwhile known arsenic the “Fab Four,” walked 1 down the other astatine the Queen’s coffin procession a fewer days aft the walkabout. Prior to the Queen’s death, Meghan admitted that determination is inactive anticipation for “forgiveness” connected her extremity with the royal family.

“I deliberation forgiveness is truly important. It takes a batch much vigor to not forgive,” she told The Cut. “But it takes a batch of effort to forgive. I’ve truly made an progressive effort, particularly knowing that I tin accidental anything.” She added, “I person a batch to accidental until I don’t. Do you similar that? Sometimes, arsenic they say, the soundless portion is inactive portion of the song.”

Oprah Winfrey, who famously sat down with Harry and Meghan for their 2021 explosive tell-all interrogation that upset the royal family, revealed that she thinks there’s country for healing amongst Harry, Meghan, and the royal family.

“Well, this is what I think, I deliberation successful each families — you know, my begetter passed recently, this summer, and erstwhile each families travel unneurotic for a communal ceremony, the ritual of, you know, burying your dead, there’s an accidental for peacemaking,” she told Extra. “And hopefully, determination volition beryllium that.”