By Marisa Laudadio
5:07 PM PDT, Sep 20, 2022
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Princess Kate joins Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession at London’s Marlborough Gate as it makes its way through London and on to Windsor, England, for a commitment ceremony and burial at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, on September 19, 2022 .
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Surrounded by tens of thousands of flowers left behind by mourners, Emma—the fierce pony Queen Elizabeth II loved to ride around the grounds of her Windsor, England estate—stands riderless as the monarch’s casket passes by and returns to Windsor Castle. for the last time before her funeral at St. George’s Chapel on September 19, 2022.
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Britain’s Princess Charlotte of Wales looks gloomy as she follows the coffin of Great-Grandmother Queen Elizabeth II by car as she travels from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London on the Royal Navy’s State Gun Carriage on 19 September 2022, after the state funeral of the monarch.
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Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice and more members of the royal family observe Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it is transferred from the carriage to the hearse after her state funeral at Wellington Arch at Westminster Abbey. The funeral procession continued to Windsor, England, for a commitment ceremony and burial at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, on September 19, 2022.
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The state funeral procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin makes its way to Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, after arriving from London on September 19, 2022. Following a public ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in the castle grounds, the Queen was buried with her late husband, Prince Philip, and her parents and sister in the chapel in a private family funeral.
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The Royal State Hearse – covered in flowers thrown by the mourning public and carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin – arrives at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, for the late monarch’s service at St George’s Chapel on September 19, 2022, following her state funeral in London.
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Duchess Meghan and Camilla, Queen Consort, watch as Queen Elizabeth II’s casket leaves her funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022. Meghan honored the late monarch by wearing pearl and diamond earrings presented to her by the Queen in 2018.
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Britain’s Princess Charlotte of Wales, 7, and Prince George of Wales, 9, follow by car the coffin of Great-Grandmother Queen Elizabeth II as it travels on the Royal Navy’s State Gun Carriage from Westminster Abbey to London’s Wellington Arch on September 19, 2022, after the monarch’s state funeral. Charlotte wore a diamond horseshoe brooch—a gift from the Queen when she was alive—to honor her late great-grandmother’s love of horses. She also wore a hat to a royal event for the first time.
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Duchess Meghan, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Princess Kate, Camilla, Queen Consort and Sophie, Countess of Wessex watch as Queen Elizabeth II’s casket leaves her funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022.
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King Charles III salutes from his car at Wellington Arch in London as the funeral procession for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, continues its journey to Windsor, England, where she was buried on September 19 in St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, Castle. , 2022.
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Grieving British Princess Kate and daughter Princess Charlotte follow Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin by car as she travels from Westminster Abbey to London’s Wellington Arch on September 19, 2022, in the Royal Navy’s State Gun Carriage, following the monarch’s state funeral. . Kate honored the monarch by wearing a pearl and diamond necklace and pearl earrings that previously belonged to Elizabeth.
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Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips stand behind Grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stand behind the coffin of Mother Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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Princess Charlotte arrives at London’s Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022.
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Prince George arrives at London’s Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022.
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A grieving King Charles III and Princess Anne walk in the funeral procession for their mother Queen Elizabeth II as it makes its way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace in London via Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, led by massive Pipers and Drums of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Gurkhas Brigade, the Royal Air Force and a total of 6,000 representatives from all three armed forces on September 19, 2022.
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Britain’s King Charles III walks behind Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as she leaves Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on September 19, 2022. The coffin is draped in the royal standard and decorated with the Imperial State Crown, Sovereign Orb and Scepter and a flower wreath. At the King’s request, the wreath features foliage of rosemary, English oak, and myrtle, cut from a plant grown from the myrtle in the Queen’s 1947 bridal bouquet, plus flowers in gold, pink, and burgundy, with accents of white , carved from the gardens of royal residences. The car on top, written by the king, reads: “In loving and devoted memory, Charles R.”
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Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin finds its way to Westminster Abbey in London, drawn and surrounded by 98 Royal Navy seamen on a 123-year-old gun-carriage for her state funeral on September 19, 2022. Her coffin is draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial state crown. and the sovereign sphere and scepter on top.
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Princess Kate and her two eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, are greeted by clergy as they arrive at London’s Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022 to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Princess Kate and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, stand next to Duchess Meghan as they arrive at Westminster Abbey in London for the state funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022.
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie arrive at the state funeral of their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Members of the Royal Family including Zara Tindall and husband Mike Tindall, Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex travel to Westminster Abbey in London for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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Princess Kate’s parents, Michael Middleton and Carole Middleton, arrive for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s children – King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – and grandsons Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips stand behind the monarch’s coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on September 19 2022.
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Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Kate, Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales travel through The Mall in London to Westminster Abbey to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin makes its way down the aisle at Westminster Abbey in London, followed by her family, including King Charles III and her children, at her state funeral on September 19, 2022.
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Sarah, Duchess of York arrives at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s casket, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s Orb and Sceptre, is carried by the Bearer Party at London’s Westminster Cathedral on September 19, 2022, as the Royal Family watches: (front row ): King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Andrew Prince Edward, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Kate, Princess Charlotte and Peter Phillips; (second row) Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Lady Louise Windsor, James, Viscount Severn, Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie, Sarah, Duchess of York, David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon; (third row) Samuel Chatto, Arthur Chatto, Lady Sarah Chatto, Daniel Chatto, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, the Earl and Countess of St Andrews.
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Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at London’s Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s niece, Lady Sarah Chatto – the daughter of the late Princess Margaret – and husband Daniel Chatto arrive at the monarch’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands walks with son King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima, followed by Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf XVI and Queen Silvia, and Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia during Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Margrethe II and her son, Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, arrive at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema arrive at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022 to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
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Greece’s Queen Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal arrive at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and mother Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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King Harald V of Norway arrives at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain arrive at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s cousins - Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent – arrive at her state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022.