Prince Harryand Meghan Markle sat next to Prince William,Kate Middletonand their two older children,Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlotte, at the committal ceremony forQueen Elizabeth.
The service took place at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on Monday, where Meghan, 41, Harry, 38, Kate, 40, William, 40, George, 9, and Charlotte, 7, sat in the front row of pews on one side of the Queen’s coffin. After walking into the chapel in a procession behind the Queen’s coffin, Kate andPrince Williamstood to the side to let Meghan andPrince Harryinto the pew first.
As the next two people in the line of succession to the throne,Prince WilliamandPrince Georgehad prominent spots next to each other near the altar.
On the opposite side in the front row satPrince Edwardwith his wife,Sophie, Countess of Wessex, along with their children, Lady Louise Windsor andJames, Viscount Severn.
Queen Elizabeth’s committal service.BBC America
Directly behind them wereKing Charles III— in the late Queen’s usual spot, with the seat directly in front of him deliberately left empty — beside his wifeQueen Camilla, along with sister Princess Anne, brotherPrince Andrewand their respective families.
Queen Elizabeth sat in the aforementioned spot for several poignant events during her lifetime, including the 2018 nuptials of Harry and Meghan,Princess Eugenie’s wedding later that year and husbandPrince Philip’s funeral in 2021.
It was decided that the seating order would be along the lines of approximately age order but without splitting up families, PEOPLE understands.
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King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince Edward and Princess Anne.BBC America
When the late monarch’s coffin reached Windsor from London at about 4 p.m. local time, the Queen’s four children — Charles, 73, Anne, 72, Andrew, 62, and Edward, 58 — solemnly followed from the right as it was carried into the church.
Behind them walked William, Harry, the Queen’s nephew, David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, and her cousin, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The procession wasthe final of threefor Monday’s funerary events.
Inside, the royals reassembled to follow the coffin down the aisle of thesame chapel where Harry married Meghanin 2018.
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin.BBC
It is in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, part of St. George’s Chapel, that the Queen will be laid to rest next to her husband of 73 years,Prince Philip, who died at age 99in April 2021.
Her parents,King George VI, who died in 1952, andQueen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, as well as her sister Princess Margaret, who also died in 2002, are all interred in the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
source: people.com
