Meghan Markle paid her respects to the late Queen Elizabeth at her funeral on Monday, September 19, eleven days following the queen’s dying on September 8. The Duchess of Sussex attended the service at Westminster Abbey carrying a black hat and a black cape, along with her hair pulled into a low bun to point out off her pearl earrings, which had been gifted to her by the queen in 2018 forward of the pair’s first outing collectively after Markle married into the royal household.
She had beforehand worn the earrings final week as a sartorial tribute to Queen Elizabeth in addition to a logo of her grief through the mourning course of. Kate Middleton and Camilla, Queen consort, additionally wore pearls, which have historically been related to mourning since Queen Victoria’s reign.
The funeral adopted a 10-day mourning interval in the UK, throughout which era the queen’s physique was flown from Balmoral Citadel in Scotland, the place she died, to London. Queen Elizabeth’s casket spent a night at Buckingham Palace earlier than shifting to Westminster Palace, the place the queen lay in state forward of Monday’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
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