Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Returned to Wedding Venue at St George’s Chapel for Queen Elizabeth II’s Committal Service
19.09.2022 - 21:13
/ usmagazine.com
Resting place. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to their wedding venue – St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — to give their final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II.
The Sussexes traveled to the locale on Monday, September 19, after her state funeral procession at Westminster Abbey. The late monarch was honored at the 750-year-old cathedral by members of the royal family, including King Charles III and his siblings — Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — and the queen’s grandchildren: Prince William, Harry, 38 and Peter Phillips. During the service, Harry sat in between Meghan and niece Princess Charlotte in the same row as the Prince and Princess of Wales.
After the service, the royal family participated in a procession from the church to Wellington Arch, where the coffin was loaded into a hearse and taken to Windsor Castle. Later on Monday, the queen will officially be buried on the grounds at the King George VI Memorial Chapel alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died at age 99 in April 2021. The Duke of Edinburgh was previously interred in the Royal Vault at Windsor’s St George’s Chapel, but his body was moved to its final resting place ahead of the queen’s funeral so that he could be buried beside his wife of 73 years.
The long-reigning sovereign — who served 70 years on the British throne — died on September 8 at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96.
Five years before her passing, the queen was in attendance at her 38-year-old grandson’s May 2018 wedding to the California native, 41, along with Harry’s best man and brother, William, 40, Princess Kate, King Charles III, 73, Queen Consort Camilla, and the late Prince Phillip.
William and Kate’s children, Prince George, 9, and Princess