Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral concluded final night at Westminster Abbey, within the presence of 200 attendees, adopted by her committal service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. At the sombre occasion, an emotional King Charles III watched the proceedings from a seat within the second row beside his spouse Queen Consort Camilla.
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As billions the world over noticed the funeral, folks have been fast to note an empty seat in entrance of King Charles. Reportedly, the seat within the entrance is left empty on account of a royal protocol in order that the monarch can have a transparent view of the proceedings if he/she just isn’t sitting within the first row. “The seat in entrance of the Queen is at all times left empty,” Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams had beforehand advised The Independent.
Members of the royal household, together with King Charles III (left), during the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II held at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Source: Reuters)
This seat, the place Britain’s reigning monarch sat, was significantly vital to the Queen who occupied it during earlier royal weddings such because the weddings of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. But, most memorably, this is identical seat the place Queen Elizabeth sat for Prince Philip’s funeral in April 2021. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, which have been in place during the loss of life of the Duke of Edinburgh, she sat alone in that row and the Queen’s transferring image grew to become a logo of her love and devotion to her late husband.
The Queen was seen sitting alone within the pews of St George’s Chapel, quietly mourning her companion of 73 years and setting an instance. (Source: AP)
Fitzwilliams added that this was Queen Elizabeth’s “favorite seat in St George’s Chapel”.
According to Sky News, this is identical seat on which King Henry VIII worshipped 500 years in the past, and the place each monarch since has sat. It is believed that following the Queen’s loss of life, King Charles will sit in the identical place each time he visits St George’s Chapel.
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