Prince Harry Sits Between Meghan Markle and Princess Charlotte at St George’s Chapel Service
19.09.2022 - 19:03
/ usmagazine.com
After sitting in the second row of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral service, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted in the same section as Prince William and Princess Kate for the Committal Service at St George’s Chapel.
The Princess of Wales arrived at the pew first, stepping back so Meghan, 41, could enter with Harry following. His niece, Princess Charlotte, followed behind the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex. Kate, 40, filed in after her 7-year-old daughter. Prince George, 9, sat in between his mother and his father, William 38.
While King Charles III, Harry and William were part of the procession leading their grandmother’s casket from Westminster Abbey, Kate rode with her two eldest children and Queen Consort Camilla. After the ceremony, Meghan, who was in the car with Sophie, Countess of Wessex, was seen getting visibly emotional, wiping away a tear. Charlotte also burst into tears as they honored her great-grandmother.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the queen’s death on September 8. Britain’s longest reigning monarch was 96 when she passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
King Charles, who was formally known as Prince Charles, was by his mother’s side when news broke that she died. Prince William, who is next in line for the throne, arrived at the family’s Scotland estate before the announcement was made, but Harry didn’t make it until later that day, according to reports.
“This is such an intensely difficult time for the princes,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, September 15. “They both adored their grandma and it will take some time to process the reality of her passing.”
Despite feeling “fortune beyond words” to have had such a long relationship with Her Majesty, both the Prince of Wales, 40, and