One of the guardsman who walked alongside Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin during her state funeral has died.
19.09.2022 - 19:07 / justjared.com
Queen Elizabeth‘s funeral on Monday morning (September 19) included a couple of nods to her late husband, Prince Philip, who passed away last year.
It turns out that one of the hymns sung by attendees was a song that was performed at the couple’s wedding in 1947.
The congregation sung Psalm 23, set to Crimond, and it was the hymn that The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh chose for their wedding.
In addition, there was one more nod to The Queen‘s lifelong relationship with Philip.
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The second tribute to Philip was in the floral arrangement that sat atop her casket.
The wreath of flowers, which were chosen by King Charles III from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Charles’ country home of Highgrove House, included myrtle, the symbol of a happy marriage.
It was cut from a plant that was grown from a sprig of myrtle that was first used in the Queen’s wedding bouquet.
If you missed it, there was something else in the floral arrangement on top of Queen Elizabeth‘s casket.
One of the guardsman who walked alongside Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin during her state funeral has died.
A royal expert has said that Queen Elizabeth II "was never the same" after the death of her husband Prince Philip, and "ultimately died of a broken heart".The monarch was laid to rest on Monday in a state funeral watched by millions across the country, with a service at Westminster Abbey before a procession to Windsor Castle - where she was buried alongside the love of her life, Philip.The late Duke of Edinburgh passed away in April 2021, just two months before his 100th birthday. It was a difficult time for the Queen, having to sit alone for the service due to the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic. But a royal expert has suggested that the pain of losing Philip stretched far beyond his funeral, and continued up to her death earlier this month.
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Those attending Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday sang one of the hymns sung at the late monarch’s wedding to Prince Philip.
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K.J. Yossman The BBC has reportedly received only 670 complaints regarding “excessive” coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s death compared to over 100,000 it received following the death of her husband, Prince Philip. The BBC’s schedules were thrown into chaos last Thursday (Sept. 8) after Buckingham Palace made a rare public statement regarding “concerns” for the Queen’s health. Within half an hour of the statement being release the BBC had diverted its flagship network, BBC One, to a rolling news feed. When the Queen’s death was announced later that evening, the corporation interrupted all programming across television and radio to bring audiences the news. Subsidiary networks BBC Three and Four were paused entirely, with an ident directing viewers to BBC One, while BBC Two was a simulcast of BBC One.
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