Queen Elizabeth attends memorial for Prince Philip with son Andrew

Queen Elizabeth made her first public look on Tuesday to pay her respects to her late husband, Prince Philip, together with different members of Britain’s royal household.

The 95-year-old Queen was escorted through a facet door into Westminster Abbey by her disgraced son Prince Andrew, earlier than strolling with a cane to her seat alone.

She had been intently concerned in planning Tuesday’s service, regardless of issues about her well being after she scaled again her duties whereas recovering from COVID-19.

In the course of the service, the Queen grabbed a pair of glasses from her purse and started to sing, the Washington Submit reported.

No masks have been worn inside and the jubilant environment stood in stark distinction to Philip’s April funeral, the place solely 30 mourners have been capable of attend attributable to COVID-19 restrictions.

Roughly 1,800 members of the family and friends attended the service, which featured the hymn “Information Me, O Thou Nice Redeemer,” making good on one among Philip’s requests for his funeral.

Prince Charles and his spouse, Camilla, together with Prince William and his spouse, Catherine, have been in attendance, in addition to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, different European royals and greater than 500 reps from Prince Philip’s patronages and charities, the Washington Submit reported.

Queen Elizabeth attended a ceremony commemorating the lifetime of her late husband — the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip — on March 29, 2022.

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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew arrive for a Service of Thanksgiving for the lifetime of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.

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Roughly 1,800 members of the family and friends attended the service, which featured the hymn “Information Me, O Thou Nice Redeemer,” making good on one among Philip’s requests for his funeral.

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As anticipated, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle didn't attend the memorial service. The pair had hoped to introduce their 9-month-old daughter, Lilibet, to the royal household, however the journey was scuttled amid Harry’s battle with the UK authorities over safety.

The service marked the primary public look for Prince Andrew since he settled a lawsuit introduced by Virginia Giuffre, 38, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17 whereas she traveled with convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has denied the allegations.

David Hoyle, the dean of Westminster, praised Philip for his public service, together with serving to younger individuals by his Duke of Edinburgh Awards program.

Prince William and Kate Middleton with their youngsters go away after attending a Service of Thanksgiving.

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Royal followers collect to look at to look at individuals arrive to attend a Service of Thanksgiving for the lifetime of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.

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The service marked the primary public look for Prince Andrew (proper) since he settled a lawsuit introduced by Virginia Giuffre that he sexually assaulted her.

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“A person of uncommon potential and distinction, rightly honored and celebrated, he ever directed our consideration away from himself,” Hoyle stated Tuesday, including that he had a “lengthy life lived totally.”

Elizabeth, who married Philip at Westminster Abbey in 1947, had described her companion of greater than seven many years as her “power and keep” earlier than his dying on the age of 99.

With Submit wires